Patent ID: 8767534
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining, at a first wireless station, a free channel capacity of a wireless transmission medium, wherein the free channel capacity includes a currently unused capacity and a currently allocated capacity, and wherein the currently allocated capacity has a priority level lower than a first priority level of a requested new data link having a first channel capacity; defining, at the first wireless station, a maximum threshold level of capacity currently allocated to a plurality of applications having a priority level lower than the first priority level that can be applied as free channel capacity, wherein the maximum threshold level of capacity comprises a combination of threshold level capacities for each of the plurality of applications having a priority level lower than the first priority level; wherein the first wireless station is configured to make a determination that the free channel capacity at the first priority level is less than the first channel capacity; and responsive to the determination that the free channel capacity at the first priority level is less than the first channel capacity, solely determining, at the first wireless station, a first period of time to delay establishment of the requested new data link.