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Patent US7975008 - System for channel congestion management - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA system for managing data traffic in a multi-user multiple-simultaneous-access (MUMSA) environment, for example in a code reuse multiple access (CRMA) environment or other physical environment having true random access with more than one transmission present at the same time, the system including a...http://www.google.com/patents/US7975008?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7975008 - System for channel congestion managementAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS7975008 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 12/563,879Publication dateJul 5, 2011Filing dateSep 21, 2009Priority dateDec 9, 2003Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS7650379, US20070110098, US20100008225, WO2008042533A2, WO2008042533A3Publication number12563879, 563879, US 7975008 B2, US 7975008B2, US-B2-7975008, US7975008 B2, US7975008B2InventorsSteven R. Hart, Mark J. Miller, Charles N. PaterosOriginal AssigneeViasat, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (53), Non-Patent Citations (7), Referenced by (17), Classifications (18), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetSystem for channel congestion management
US 7975008 B2Abstract
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P access(r,k)=(r k ×e −r)/k Determine the percentage of time that it is acceptable for the number of transmissions to exceed multiple access threshold (Pexcess). For a given network capacity, expressed as the Multiple Access Threshold M, and a given rate of transmissions we know
Compute BE — DAL=DAL−Total— CIR Compute BE_Load=max(CL−Total— CIR,1)
Compute BE — DAL=DAL−Total— CIR AV=BE — DAL/BE_Load
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