Patent ID: 9301161
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for determining available downlink bandwidth, comprising: estimating a supported rate of a cell for a user equipment based at least in part on a measured signal energy of the cell, wherein a function of the supported rate comprises determining a total bandwidth corresponding to a total number of an available number of codes used by the cell for the supported rate; estimating an available number of codes for the cell based at least in part on a number of codes per one or more past scheduling events, wherein a function of the available number of codes comprises scaling a total bandwidth based on at least one of an available number of codes; estimating an available bandwidth of the cell for the user equipment as a function of the supported rate and the available number of codes; and performing, by the user equipment, one or more network communications procedures with the cell based at least in part on the estimated available bandwidth.