Patent ID: 8224384
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for oversubscription of media gateway resources for a wireless network, the method comprising: at a wireless media gateway: (a) defining at least two per-resource oversubscription factors for wireless media gateway resources required by at least one wireless network connection, wherein defining at least two per-resource oversubscription factors includes assigning different oversubscription factors to different individual wireless media gateway resources; and (b) provisioning the wireless media gateway resources for the at least one wireless network connection using the at least two per-resource oversubscription factors, wherein provisioning the wireless media gateway resources for the at least one wireless network connection includes oversubscribing the wireless media gateway resources by an amount based on the at least two per-resource oversubscription factors to increase utilization of the wireless media gateway resources by increasing the number of wireless network connections that can be serviced by the wireless media gateway, wherein oversubscribing the wireless media gateway resources includes, at provisioning time, reserving resources for the wireless network connections that are less than the amount that would be required by each of the wireless network connections if all calls that the at least one wireless network connection is capable of handling are simultaneously active, and wherein provisioning the wireless media gateway resources for the at least one wireless network connection using the at least two per-resource oversubscription factors includes maintaining, at the wireless media gateway, a status of the wireless media gateway resources.