Patent ID: 6418148
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
At a burst controller of a cellular telecommunication system, a method for assigning additional bandwidth in the cellular telecommunication system, comprising the steps of:(a) receiving, from a remote user or a user proxy, an initial request for assignment of additional bandwidth for the user and determining whether to grant or reject the initial request, such that, if the initial request is rejected, instructions are transmitted from the burst controller to the user or the user proxy to submit a retry request after a specified back-off time; and (b) receiving, from the user or the user proxy, a retry request for assignment of additional bandwidth for the user after a previous request was rejected and determining whether to grant or reject the retry request, such that, if the retry request is rejected, instructions are transmitted from the burst controller to the user or the user proxy to submit a retry request after a specified back-off time.