Patent ID: 6868273
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for admission control of control plane signaling requests comprising: receiving a signaling connection request; determining whether admission to common resources is to be provided; determining whether admission to dedicated resources is to be provided in response to the signaling connection request when admission to common resources is not to be provided; rejecting the signaling request when admission to common resources and admission to dedicated resources is not to be provided; admitting the request to dedicated resources when admission to dedicated resources is to be provided and admission to common resources is not to be provided; determining whether the quality of the signaling request is high or low when admission to common resources is to be provided; admitting the signaling request to common resources when the quality of the signaling request is high; determining whether admission to dedicated resources is to be provided when the quality of the signaling request is low; admitting the request to dedicated resources when admission to dedicated resources is to be provided in response to the quality of the signaling request being low; and admitting the request to common resources when admission to dedicated resources is not to be provided in response to the quality of the signaling request being low.