METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE RESERVATION IN A MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:CA2355248A1

    公开(公告)日:2000-06-29

    申请号:CA2355248

    申请日:1999-12-17

    Abstract: Resources are reserved or otherwise allocated in a mobile radio communicatio ns system in an efficient and timely fashion. In general, the amount of resourc es that will likely be necessary to support a connection with a mobile station is predicted before those resources are actually required. More specifically, a n unknown value of a dynamic connection parameter, like a number of radio path s likely to be involved in supporting the connection, is predicted. In the handover context, these radio paths might correspond to paths with different base stations (as in hard and soft handover) or to paths with different base station sectors (as in softer handover). The underlying resources are allocated using the predicted connection parameter and may include, for example, data processing and memory hardware resources, software resources, radio resources, etc. The resource allocation may also be established using both a predicted dynamic connection parameter along with one or more static connections parameters that are known at the time the connection is set up.

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