US 11,991,657 B2
Time allocation for network transmission
Mehmet Toy, Allendale, NJ (US)
Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/388,684.
Application 17/388,684 is a continuation of application No. 16/204,876, filed on Nov. 29, 2018, granted, now 11,109,336.
Application 16/204,876 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/821,014, filed on Aug. 7, 2015, granted, now 10,187,711.
Prior Publication US 2022/0201634 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 24/04 (2009.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 56/0035 (2013.01) [H04W 24/04 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining, based on a request for data of a plurality of requests for the data, a duration for transmission of the data and an excess rate of information of a plurality of excess rates of information;
determining an allocation of time of a plurality of allocations of time forming a scheduling time for a source of the request for the data;
determining, based on the allocation of time and the excess rate of information, that the duration satisfies a threshold; and
performing, based on the duration satisfying the threshold, an operation on the data.