Patent ID: 8965331
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining a maximum amount of data that a second service provider permits to be communicated over a network connection during a billing period, wherein said network connection is a backhaul connection between a core network of a first service provider and a first one of a plurality of small-cell base stations; determining, in a network device of the first service provider, that a total amount of data communicated over said network connection during a current billing period will exceed said maximum amount of data when M is greater than (D−B)/T, where: in response to said determining that said total amount of data communicated over said network connection during said current billing period will exceed said maximum amount of data, reconfiguring a value of one or more cellular communication parameters utilized by one or more of said plurality of small-cell base stations.