Patent ID: 6912226

Claim:
A method for use in a telecommunication system to generate an acceptance decision during a decision cycle that comprises whether to accept an incoming packet of a data stream in a buffer, said incoming packet having a drop priority which is one of a plurality of predetermined drop priorities, said method comprising the steps of: determining for a drop priority parameter an actual drop priority parameter value out of said plurality of drop priorities; and comparing said drop priority parameter with said drop priority of said packet in order to generate said acceptance decision; and characterized in that said step of determining said actual drop priority parameter value comprises the steps of: determining a previous drop priority parameter value by means of any one of an initial value and a previous actual drop priority parameter value having been determined during a previous decision cycle; updating a queue occupancy variable as a function of a previous re-scaled queue occupancy value having been determined during a previous decision cycle and providing thereby an intermediate queue occupancy value; and re-calculating said intermediate queue occupancy value of said queue occupancy variable as a function of instantaneous queue occupancy information of said buffer and providing thereby an actual queue occupancy value; comparing said actual queue occupancy value with any one of a minimum threshold and a maximum threshold and providing thereby a result; and according to said result re-scaling said actual queue occupancy value and said previous drop priority parameter value and providing thereby, respectively, a re-scaled queue occupancy value and said actual drop priority parameter value.