Patent ID: 8516101
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of managing resources on a wireless device, comprising: detecting, by a processor, for congestion of resources on the wireless device; and in response to detecting a congested resource on the wireless device utilizing a data flow, reducing the data flow by causing the wireless device to transmit a DRC (Data Rate Control) pattern selected from a plurality of DRC patterns, each DRC pattern having a corresponding ON fraction, where an ON fraction for a particular DRC pattern is a ratio of a number of a number of ON periods in the particular DRC pattern to a sum of the number of ON periods and a number of OFF periods in the particular DRC pattern, wherein ON period is a time interval for which one or more non-zero rate DRC messages are transmitted, and an OFF period is a time interval in which one or more zero rate DRC messages are transmitted.