US 12,035,174 B2
Rate control method, apparatus, and system
Chengchen Zhang, Shanghai (CN); Lin Shu, Shanghai (CN); and Wenqiang Li, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/117,828.
Application 17/117,828 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2019/098644, filed on Jul. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201810976506.4 (CN), filed on Aug. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0099912 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 28/10 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); G16Y 30/00 (2020.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/10 (2013.01) [H04W 76/10 (2018.02); G16Y 30/00 (2020.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A rate control method, comprising:
receiving, by a control device, a connection establishment request from a terminal, wherein a connection for the terminal to transmit data is established based on the connection establishment request;
sending, by the control device, rate control time management information to a data sending device for performing rate control over the data sent through the connection based on the rate control time management information, wherein the rate control time management information comprises start time indication information of a rate control time unit used for rate control, and the start time indication information indicates a start time of the rate control time unit for both the data sending device and the control device to start rate control for a predetermined time period; and
in response to determining that a plurality of data units is sent based on the rate control time management information from the data sending device and without discarding or delaying the plurality of data units, determining, by the control device, the plurality of data units as valid data.