Patent ID: 6097700
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
In a telecommunications system comprising at least one packet radio channel and a plurality of transceiving stations, each of said transceiving stations capable of transmitting or receiving at least one packet call comprising a plurality of data packets on the at least one packet radio channel, a method of controlling congestion on the at least one packet radio channel, said method comprising the steps of:determining whether congestion exists on the at least one packet radio channel;and, in response to an affirmative determination;calculating excess data traffic within the at least one packet radio channel;selecting at least one packet calls on the at least one packet radio channel having a lowest assigned priority until a sum of average data traffic associated with said selected packet calls is greater than or equal to said excess data traffic; andexpelling said selected packet calls from the at least one packet radio channel once the sum of average data traffic associated with said selected packet calls is greater than or equal to said excess data traffic.