Congestion control for multi flow data communication

US9107095B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9107095-B2
Application numberUS-201213700454-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateNov 9, 2012
Priority dateNov 9, 2011
Publication dateAug 11, 2015
Grant dateAug 11, 2015

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In a multi flow HSDPA system comprising a RNC ( 402 ) and a plurality of NodeB's ( 404, 406 ), the present disclosure includes (re-) use of original active queue management, AQM, based congestion control, ABCC for a primary link ( 421 ). For every detected congestion, an end-user IP packet is destroyed. ABCC is not used for the secondary link ( 422 ), which means that application level TCP will not be informed about congestion on the secondary link ( 422 ). The radio link control, RLC, protocol data units, PDU, ( 432 ) are distributed among links based on the congestion status of the links. If secondary link ( 422 ) is congested then more packets will be transmitted on the primary link ( 421 ). This makes it possible to use TCP compatible congestion control for multi flow HSDPA, without the drawback that would result from TCP reacting unnecessarily on flow bitrate decrease.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method in a radio network controller configured for high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) multipoint transmission wherein a received flow of data units is transmitted to a user equipment via a primary communication link and a secondary communication link, said primary and secondary communication links comprising a first radio base station and a second radio base station, respectively, and wherein the transmission of the data units is distributed b…

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What does patent US9107095B2 cover?
In a multi flow HSDPA system comprising a RNC ( 402 ) and a plurality of NodeB's ( 404, 406 ), the present disclosure includes (re-) use of original active queue management, AQM, based congestion control, ABCC for a primary link ( 421 ). For every detected congestion, an end-user IP packet is destroyed. ABCC is not used for the secondary link ( 422 ), which means that application level TCP will…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Ericsson Telefon Ab L M, Ericsson Telefon Ab L M
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04W28/0247. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Aug 11 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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