Patent ID: 7944839
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of wireless communication network resource control for use in a wireless communication network user terminal, the method comprising: a) said user terminal storing a user utility function which gives a communication network user utility value (U) for a communication network user terminal as a function of one or more wireless communication network resources local to the user terminal, and price per unit of wireless communication network resource usage external to the user terminal; b) said user terminal receiving from a wireless network controller an indication of the price per unit of wireless communication network resource usage available in the network over a wireless communication network link from another wireless communication network terminal; c) said user terminal calculating a rate of wireless communication network resource usage for the user terminal using the indicated price per unit of wireless communication network resource usage external to the user terminal as an input to the communication network user utility function as well as resources local to the user terminal such that the communication network user utility value (U) is maximized; and d) the user terminal thereafter communicating at a rate which causes the wireless resources to be used at the calculated rate.