Patent ID: 7113478
Filing Date: 2006-09-26
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A packet based telecommunications system comprising a base station, a first data transmission means between the base station and a plurality of users, and a second data transmission means between the base station and a serving node, the serving node using a leaky bucket algorithm to control data flow, and the base station being arranged to determine if data traffic of a new user is bursty or non-bursty when said new user is connected over the first transmission means, wherein, for data traffic of a user determined to be non-bursty, at least one flow control message is sent to the serving node to set parameters of the leaky bucket algorithm in dependence on data characteristics of said user, and wherein, for data traffic of a user determined to be bursty, if only one packet of data is received in a stream, then no flow control message is sent to the serving node from the base station, such that said parameters are not set in dependence on data characteristics of the bursty user.