Patent ID: 6018664
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: H04J

Abstract:
In a communication system that provides uplink communications from a plurality of mobile stations to at least one basestation, and downlink communications from said basestation to at least one of said plurality of mobile stations, and said uplink and downlink communications are in limited uplink and downlink frequency bandwidths, a method comprising the steps of:determining a demand level based on at least one of:a number of required communication responses in said downlink communications that are in response to a number of said plurality of mobile stations using said uplink communications and/or expected to use said uplink communications, anda processing power requirement of said number of required communication responses by a processor in said basestation with a limited processing power;occupying artificially a portion of said limited uplink frequency bandwidth based on said demand level thereby effecting at least one of preventing overload of said uplink bandwidth, and balancing availability of said uplink and downlink frequency bandwidths;wherein said occupying step is triggered by:absence of receiving at said basestation a demand for call origination on said uplink communications by at least one of said plurality of mobile stations, andwhen said processing power requirement nearly exceeds or approaches near said limited processing power.