- Patent Title: Method for non-economic incentive based user-network cooperation
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Application No.: US15738610Application Date: 2016-06-27
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Publication No.: US10374908B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Attila Mihály , Szilveszter Nádas
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Coats + Bennett, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/IB2016/053826 WO 20160627
- International Announcement: WO2017/006211 WO 20170112
- Main IPC: H04L12/801
- IPC: H04L12/801 ; H04L12/851 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L12/14

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for controlling a communication network (2) to deliver traffic to and/or from an end node (4) are presented. In an example method, a network node (8) receives information indicating a user-controllable selection at the end node (4) to have at least some of the end node (4)'s traffic delivered with a low priority level that is lower than a high priority level. Accordingly, the network node (8) controls the communication network to deliver at least some of the end node (4)'s traffic with said low priority level and awards one or more tokens accordingly. Furthermore, the network node (8) may receive information indicating a user-controllable selection at the end node (4) to have at least some traffic delivered with the high priority level. The network node (8) may accordingly redeem one or more tokens awarded to the end node (4) and controlling the communication network (2) to deliver at least some of the traffic with said high priority level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180183688A1 Method For Non-Economic Incentive Based User-Network Cooperation Public/Granted day:2018-06-28
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