169 results about "Call Admission Control" patented technology

An admission control and load balancing system controls admission of packet streams or calls to a network and balances the packet traffic across the network, improving quality of service. The system includes a central database which stores information including cost data associated with individual paths and links across the network. A processor, in communication with the database, coordinates the admission control and load balancing decisions, and updates of the database cost data to reflect the dynamic network conditions, based on input from appropriate data sources. In one embodiment, referred to as the exact algorithm, the database is consulted by the admission control points or gatekeepers prior to admitting each arriving packet stream, and the database contents are updated call-by-call to reflect the allocation of resources to each admitted stream. In another embodiment, referred to as the inexact algorithm, control decision as well as database updates occur on a periodic rather than on a call-by-call basis to promote better scalability. In this embodiment, the processor periodically calculates admission decisions based on cost data in the central database. These admission decisions are then periodically forwarded to a satellite database associated with each gatekeeper, for storage and use in admission decisions until the next update epoch.

The present invention is directed generally to an intelligent endpoint or communication device that can collect available bandwidth-related information metrics and/or perform call admission control functions. The present invention is further directed to an architecture comprising a switch or media server in communication with a plurality of subscriber communication devices in which the subscriber communication devices act as network nodes to collect available bandwidth-related information.

A method of controlling call admission within a system comprising a plurality of media gateways (8, 9) interconnected by a packet switched backbone (5). The method comprises, at least one media gateway (8, 9), monitoring the level of congestion suffered by incoming packets to that gateway from each other media gateway over said backbone. Following receipt of a request for a media gateway (8, 9) to terminate a bearer extending over said backbone (5) from a peer media gateway, making a decision on the admissibility of that request based upon the previously monitored level of congestion suffered by incoming packets from that peer media gateway.

A method for evaluating number of additional admissible calls for use in call admission control includes tracking a percentage of channel busy time and transmission time of downlink and uplink voice packets, receiving a call admission request, and calculating the number of admissible calls. The number of admissible calls is calculated based on a channel bandwidth requirement determined from the percentage of channel busy time and a voice packet queuing requirement determined from the transmission time of downlink and uplink voice packets. The call admission request is approved if the number of admissible calls is greater than one and rejected if the number of admissible calls is less than one.

A method of providing call admission control which does not require using MIDCOM protocol methods, Packetcable protocols or COPS-RSVP approaches is described which is simple to implement, cost-effective and which is able to deal with particular situations such as conference calls. Each link in a communications network over which it is required to perform call admissions control is provided with a middlebox connected at each end of that link such that admissions control can be carried out at one end of the link. Call services are provided by Call Servers, each of which has access to a database containing pre-specified information about all middleboxes in that call server's realm. The database also has information about maximum bandwidths for the link associated with each middlebox. The call servers are used to keep a running tally of the amount of VolP call bandwidth associated with each middlebox on the edge of a low-bandwidth link, and to accept or refuse calls on the basis of the bandwidth information on a per-call basis.

In high speed cell switching networks, a Call Admission Control (CAC) procedure is performed on each connection according to a specified Traffic Descriptor. A mandatory parameter of the Traffic Descriptor is the Peak Cell Rate (PCR), associated with a Cell Delay Variation Tolerance (CDVT). Connections which specify a high CDVT value may potentially send into the network bursts of cells at a rate much higher than the declared Peak Cell Rate, which may lead to congestion in cell buffers of intermediate network nodes. Guaranteeing the Quality of Service (QoS) for such connections may require the reservation of a high amount of resources in the network, leading to poor utilization of those resources. A Call Admission Control procedure, associated with an Usage Parameter Control/Network Parameter Control mechanism, provides: accepting not bursty connections and guaranteeing the Quality of Service requested at connection setup, accepting very bursty connections and guaranteeing a minimal Quality of Service rather than simply rejecting them, protecting the network from potentially too bursty traffic, determining a bandwidth reservation method based on a Mean Burst Length, for every connection, minimizing the bandwidth reservation while satisfying the required Quality of Service.

Call admission control within a wireless network is implemented using a service controller that manages a set of access points. The call admission control (CAC) function for a given access point determines whether the access point has sufficient unused bandwidth to handle an additional call. The service controller makes this determination by monitoring the access points and evaluating certain probability functions and load conditions. In one embodiment, a determination of whether the access point has sufficient unused bandwidth to handle an additional call is a function of two (2) independent probabilities: (i) a probability of an active session moving to the access point from one or more neighbor access points, and (ii) a probability of an idle mobile device already associated with the access point entering into a new active session by initiating an inbound or outbound call. According to another aspect, the service controller issues and manages “call admission credits” among the set of access points, where a call admission credit value indicates a number of calls that idle mobile devices associated with the access point may initiate from the AP. The call admission credits value is a function of a determined load on the AP, and a mobility probability, which is a probability of an active call moving to the access point from one or more neighbor access points. The call admission credit value for the access point is adjusted as a function of a change of the load or in the mobility probability.

A method of implementing fast dynamic channel allocation call admission control for radio link reconfiguration in a wireless communication system includes a precode allocation procedure, a signal-independent code allocation procedure, and a post-code allocation procedure. The pre-code allocation procedure receives and processes a request message and retrieves system measurements and wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) capability information from a centralized database. A list of available timeslots and a list of code sets is retrieved from the centralized database. The code sets are allocated to the available timeslots, wherein a successful assignment is a solution. The solution having the lowest weighted interference signal code power is an optimal solution. The WTRU information with new allocation information is updated in the centralized database. A radio link reconfiguration ready message with the results of the code allocation process is then sent.

A call admission control device efficiently controls admission of a new call. In a scheduling operation, a congestion state in a cell is estimated based on the number or ratio of the mobile stations whose average transmission data rates have been initialized, and call admission control is performed, thereby appropriately performing the call admission control regardless of the occurrence of traffic or a mode of a cell.

Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving a request at a packet gateway to allocate a new bearer for a mobile device on a wireless telecommunications network; identifying, at the packet gateway, existing bearers that have a quality of service (QoS) that can be reduced without dropping the existing bearers; reducing, at the packet gateway, the QoS of the existing bearers; reclaiming resources at the packet gateway that were previously in use by the existing bearers; and allocating the new bearer for the mobile device using the reclaimed resources at the packet gateway without causing any of the existing bearers to be disconnected, wherein the existing bearers have a lower priority than the new bearer, and wherein the existing bearers have previously been designated as capable of being preempted.

A wireless communication system (20) includes a call admission module (40) that determines whether to admit a new call based upon a flow of the new call. In a disclosed example, the call admission module (40) predicts a loading of a sector resulting from admission of the new flow. Provided that the new flow will fit within a sector capacity or there are sufficient resources that can be reallocated within the sector to accommodate the new flow and satisfy quality of service requirements for the new flow and existing flows, the new call will be admitted.

Methods and systems for telecommunications operations and controls include (1) an enhanced text message process or methodology that allows a remote user who does not have, already installed, a specialized voice telephony program to nevertheless place and participate in a voice call, (2) call admission control using a “degrees of separation” metric, (3) real time controlled sharing of contact (buddy) lists, (4) multi-service instance messaging conferences, and (5) “meta buddies” or buddy lists that can be automatically imported and made part of a user's own buddy list.

A call admission control technique is described which is well-suited for wireless systems providing real-time services over a shared downlink. The call admission control technique considers both multiplexing and multi-user diversity gain. The technique accurately determines the multi-user diversity gain by measuring per-user resource allocation and advantageously maximizes user accommodations under quality-of-service (QoS) as well as location-dependent resource availability constraints. In a further aspect, the call admission control technique is combined with delay-based scheduling, which effectively balances between system efficiency (channel exploitation) and user expectation (e.g., QoS). A system embodying the described call admission control and scheduling techniques can advantageously deliver efficient real-time services and remain robust to different load scenarios that vary according to system dynamics and/or user mobility.

Disclosed is a call admission controlling device and method for providing QoS (quality of service) in the portable Internet. When a mobile terminal requests a guarantee of the corresponding QoS and a call admission, a packet access router calculates a bandwidth available for resource reservation according to mobility characteristics of a cell to which the mobile terminal belongs, and determines resource reserved states according to the mobility characteristics with adjacent cells based on the calculated bandwidth to thus control call admission in order to satisfy a handoff dropping probability of the corresponding cell and prevent disconnected calls when a handoff toward the adjacent cells occurs. As a result, the handoff dropping probability of cells is guaranteed, and the resources are utilized effectively.

Methods and systems for call admission control and providing Quality of Service (QoS) in packet-based networks, with emphasis on those utilizing Wireless Broadband Access, are disclosed. This invention presents a mechanism for implementing call admission in packet-based networks. Quality of Service is also provided by implementing key network functions. Although the access network call admission criteria are illustrated over broadband wireless access, the call admission mechanism principle is access technology-agnostic. Broadband wireless is given emphasis because of its bandwidth-sharing property and relative inefficiency in handling small Voice over IP packets. The invention contemplates on a call admission mechanism for providing reliable packet stream service in IP networks and at the same time passing burstable IP data traffic. Whenever convenient, NGN terms are used in the document—which also stresses the fact that the invention provides a mechanism for implementing NGN end-to-end QoS.

A system that packetizes telephone calls using loss-less codecs for transmission over a communication link. The system includes a call admission control mechanism that admits calls for transmission over the communication link. An adaptive system which monitors bandwidth usage and which dynamically provides a feedback loop to the CAC system. The bandwidth allocation for transmission of the calls and the admission of calls is based upon actual bandwidth usage conditions in the system.

As is reflected in the disclosed method and apparatus, the present invention is a technique to account for the variation in channel occupancy of a particular terminal or terminals during the call admission process. Instead, a channel utilization manager accounts for the probabilistic nature of the call admission decision by using a pre-determined, statistically justified value to represent the channel occupancy. The “per-call” channel occupancy value is determined by a number of factors, including the shared-communications channel data rate. Channel occupancy is incorporated into one or more cumulative distribution functions (CDF), which are evaluated by the channel utilization manager as part of the call admission process. In turn, each channel-occupancy CDF of a shared-communications channel can be generated from a CDF of the terminals' data rates on that channel, which data rates can be determined analytically or empirically.

When n mobile stations performing communications using a shared channel and m mobile stations performing communications using a dedicated channel are used in a mixed manner, necessary radio resources to satisfy the transmission data rate aimed by a mobile station performing communications using a shared channel are calculated, the quality of the shared channel is guaranteed, and call admission control of a dedicated channel is performed. An HS terminal allocation power calculation unit calculates necessary transmission power to satisfy the target transmission data rate by n mobile stations based on the radio channel quality and the target transmission data rate of the n mobile stations using a shared channel. Call admission of a mobile station newly performing communications using a dedicated channel is controlled based on the necessary transmission power to satisfy the target transmission data rate by n mobile stations using a shared channel, the initial transmission power of a mobile station newly starting communications using a dedicated channel, and the transmission power of m mobile stations using a dedicated channel.

A call admission control technique allowing flexible and reliable call admissions at an ATM switch in the case of an ATM network including both QoS-specified and QoS-unspecified virtual connections is disclosed. In the case where a QoS (Quality of Service) specified connection request occurs, an estimated bandwidth is calculated which is to be assigned to an existing QoS-unspecified traffic on the link associated with the QoS-specified connection request. A call control processor of the ATM switch determines whether the QoS-specified connection request is accepted, depending on whether a requested bandwidth is smaller than an available bandwidth that is obtained by subtracting an assigned bandwidth and the estimated bandwidth from a full bandwidth of the link.

A permission control method for calling of various service type based on adaptive control, which pertains to wireless network technology. The invention provides differentiating method of various service type based on QoS requirements of different service type in wireless network system; establishes model of queue with priority, proposes resource combating method of different service type when system resource is scarce, and provides general solving procedure of call dropping probability when service switching and blocking probability of new call by analysis of Markov birth and death process; establishes adaptive fuzzy degrade control model, proposes degrade control method of the current call when system resource is scarce, realizes dynamic balance of user QoS and system resource utility; finally, establishes optimal allocation model of degrade amplitude objects by non-linear programming algorithm. Three models proposed by the invention constitutes a close-loop control system together, which is excellent in completeness and robustness, and easy to implement.

A system and method for controlling call admission control in a mobile communication system enables call admission control function to be conducted in a forward link of the mobile communication system. The call admission control method includes a call admission control process, in which voice calls and data calls are distinguished from each other, minimum resource availability is checked, a voice call priority function is conducted, and a maximum supplemental channel (SCH) for the data call is established. According to this process QoS (Quality of Service) for all users is satisfied to the greatest extent and the occurrence of call reject and call drop of voice calls and data calls are reduced. Further, the voice call priority may be guaranteed and the database related to the call admission control may be adjusted easily by the system operator according to the relevant cell environment.

The present invention discloses calling admission control method. Said method includes A, judging current whether being congestion state, if then rejecting receiving current access request and ending current processing; otherwise executing step B; B, to obtain accessing new service channel quality indication CQI report estimated value, judging said CQI report estimated value whether reaching service corresponded CQI threshold, if is then executing step C; otherwise rejecting receiving current access request and ending current processing process; C, to obtain accessing new service power requirement estimated value, judging said power requirement estimated value whether exceeding predetermined power threshold, if is then rejecting receiving current access request; otherwise receiving current access request. The present invention also discloses a device. Said invented method and device can execute admission control to high real time and continuance high bit rate service.