Patent ID: 6195338
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method of setting the persistence of a mobile station in a cellular mobile radio network for scheduling access requests of a predetermined priority within said network, said mobile station communicating with a network base station and having a series of processors for receiving load characteristic data, adapting persistence and controlling access, comprising the steps of:estimating in the base station a load characteristic variable within said network over a first predetermined time interval;transmitting to the mobile station said estimated load characteristic variable;setting in the base station a persistence rule, calculated over a second predetermined time interval, wherein said second predetermined time interval is longer than said first predetermined time interval;transmitting to the mobile station said persistence rule;processing in said series of processors in said mobile station said transmitted load characteristic variable and said transmitted persistence rule: andcontrolling the transmission of access requests from said mobile station to said base station in accordance therewith.