Patent ID: 11909651
Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. A band allocation method executed by a communication system comprising a subscriber network unit and a communication device provided in an accommodating station, the band allocation method comprising: allowing the subscriber network unit to acquire uplink data from one or more lower-layer devices; allowing the communication device to acquire the uplink data from the subscriber network unit using a band of uplink communication and execute data processing on the acquired uplink data; allowing the communication device to determine a policy of band allocation of the uplink communication on the basis of the result of the data processing; and allowing the communication device to allocate the band of the uplink communication to the subscriber network unit on the basis of the policy and an amount of the uplink data accumulated in the subscriber network unit.