Patent ID: 8264966
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A Radio Frequency (RF) communication system comprising: RF communication circuitry configured to receive reverse packets from a plurality of user devices over a plurality of reverse RF links associated with the user devices and transfer forward packets to the user devices over a plurality of forward RF links associated with the user devices; access communication circuitry operationally coupled to the RF communication circuitry and configured to transfer the reverse packets over a reverse backhaul link and receive the forward packets over a forward backhaul link; network communication circuitry operationally coupled to a communication network and configured to transfer the forward packets over the forward backhaul link and to receive the reverse packets over the reverse backhaul link; control circuitry is operationally coupled to the network communication circuitry and configured to inhibit the transfer of a set of the forward packets over the forward backhaul link in response to a forward overload condition on the forward backhaul link, wherein the inhibited set of the forward packets are directed to ones of the user devices having a lowest level of forward packet loss on the forward RF links; and the control circuitry operationally coupled to the access communication circuitry and configured to inhibit the transfer of a set of the reverse packets over the reverse backhaul link in response to a reverse overload condition on the reverse backhaul link, wherein the inhibited set of the reverse packets are received from ones of the user devices having a lowest level of reverse packet loss on the reverse RF links.