US 12,089,085 B2
Flexible configuration of guaranteed bitrate admission control for 5G or other next generation network
Milap Majmundar, Austin, TX (US); and Feza Buyukdura, Fairview, TX (US)
Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/208,375.
Application 17/208,375 is a continuation of application No. 16/357,689, filed on Mar. 19, 2019, granted, now 10,993,137.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/774,097, filed on Nov. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0211925 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04B 7/0417 (2017.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/0268 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0626 (2013.01); H04W 28/0231 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04B 7/0417 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
comparing, by network equipment comprising a processor, a resource value associated with a requested service to a dedicated guaranteed bitrate admission control threshold for a first pool of network resources that is exclusive to the requested service, resulting in a first comparison result, wherein the requested service is requested by user equipment, and wherein the first pool of network resources is distinct from a second pool of network resources that is common to a group of network services that comprises the requested service and at least one non-requested service; and
in response to the first comparison result being that the resource value does not exceed the dedicated guaranteed bitrate admission control threshold, permitting, by the network equipment, admission of a guaranteed bitrate bearer for the requested service from the first pool of network resources, wherein the dedicated guaranteed bitrate admission control threshold for the requested service in the group of network services is defined based on an individual guaranteed bitrate admission control threshold and a statistical multiplexing factor associated with the requested service.