US 12,439,290 B2
Apparatus and method for scheduling traffic
Silvio Mandelli, Stuttgart (DE); and Thorsten Wild, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 18/262,816
Filed by Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Jan. 27, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/051866
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 25, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/162052, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20215093 (FI), filed on Jan. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0098553 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 47/10 (2022.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 28/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/0252 (2013.01) [H04L 47/39 (2013.01); H04W 28/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Apparatus comprising means for:
detecting an occurrence of a traffic burst event on a flow within a wireless network;
responsive to the detection of the occurrence of a traffic burst event, determining whether a traffic burst allowance is available;
responsive to determining that the traffic burst allowance is available, scheduling the flow and/or another flow within the wireless network with a traffic burst bit rate at which to transmit data, the traffic burst bit rate being greater than a first, guaranteed bit rate indicated by an assigned quality of service for the flow; and
responsive to determining that the traffic burst allowance has been exhausted and/or determining that occurrence of the traffic burst event has stopped, scheduling the flow with the first bit rate.