Patent ID: 7688724
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a utilization management system, a first data-transmission requirement for a candidate call that involves a first telecommunications terminal that is operable within a coverage area of a shared-communications channel; generating, at the utilization management system, a first cumulative distribution function that is based on (i) N calls concurrently using the shared-communications channel, wherein the candidate call is one of the N calls, (ii) the first data-transmission requirement applying possibly to more of said N calls than just the candidate call, wherein N is a positive integer, and (iii) a path loss that describes the coverage area; and determining, at the utilization management system, whether to admit the candidate call, based on the first cumulative distribution function; wherein the first cumulative distribution function is of channel occupancy of the shared-communications channel; and wherein the first cumulative distribution function is based on a second cumulative distribution function that is of a plurality of physical layer data rates used by one or more telecommunications terminals.