George L Estes

US Patent:

20040001437, Jan 1, 2004

Filed:

Jun 28, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/185025

Inventors:

Virgil Duncan - Livingston NJ, US
George Edson Estes - Morristown NJ, US
T. Roger Kiang - Basking Ridge NJ, US
Mathew Thomas - Madison NJ, US
Stanley Vitebsky - Parsippany NJ, US

International Classification:

H04L001/00

US Classification:

370/232000, 370/493000

Abstract:

A method of applying one of several resource distribution algorithms to an incoming call to a communication system. The applied resource distribution algorithm is based on resource parameters obtained from a main scheduler of the communication system. Some of the resource parameters include the type of call, the resource usage and the resource allocation scheme. The resource parameters generally describe the amount of resources that are currently being used by the system and which resources are available to the incoming call. The method of the present invention admits the incoming call to the communication system in accordance with one of the resource distribution allocation schemes. In this manner, the resources of the communication system can be efficiently and fairly distributed to different types of users requesting admission to the communication system.