Patent ID: 9271186
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A throughput estimation device comprising: a wireless link quality information acquisition unit for acquiring wireless link quality information denoting a quality of a wireless link established between a mobile station and a base station on a mobile communication network; a throughput estimation unit for estimating a throughput which is the amount for the mobile station to receive per unit time a data sent by a transmitting device connected communicably with the mobile station via the wireless link, based on the acquired wireless link quality information; wherein the throughput estimation unit is configured to estimate the throughput based on a mathematical model denoting a relationship between the throughput and the wireless link quality information, and on the acquired wireless link quality information; and wherein the mathematical model is constructed by assuming equality between the throughput and a polynomial function with the wireless link quality information as a variable.