Patent ID: 9413677
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. In an access terminal configured to operate in a wireless communication system that includes a base station, a method comprising: operating in a state in which at least: the access terminal responds to receiving reverse-noise messages from the base station by (i) transmitting data on a reverse-link traffic channel to the base station at a data transmission rate based at least on the received reverse-noise messages and on a level of a resource in reserve for consumption in data transmission, and (ii) when the received reverse-noise messages indicate that conditions for increasing the data transmission rate are satisfied, replenishing the resource by an allocation size specified by at least one parameter; while operating in the state, receiving a parameter-adjustment message from the base station, wherein the parameter-adjustment message includes an increased allocation size specified by at least one updated parameter; and in response to receiving the parameter-adjustment message and while still operating in the state, increasing the allocation size by replacing the at least one parameter with the at least one updated parameter in the parameter-adjustment message, thereby increasing how rapidly the data transmission rate increases.