Patent ID: 9240834
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: detecting an advertised load from a terminal when the terminal becomes active, the advertised load being an initial advertised load of an active session, wherein the initial advertised load is a backlog of traffic; retrieving a bandwidth allocation pattern designated for the terminal, wherein the bandwidth allocation pattern is set based on a predetermined service plan associated with the terminal; and reserving bandwidth, over a communication return channel, for the terminal, which has an inroute quality of service identifier securely loaded onto the terminal such that the bandwidth is allocated without requiring knowledge of the identity of users that are capable of using the bandwidth, according to the bandwidth allocation pattern without feedback to the terminal in response to detecting the initial advertised load of the active session, wherein the bandwidth is reserved in an open loop environment which does not use feedback to reserve bandwidth during the active session.