| US 7,469,141 B2 | ||
| Bandwidth allocation method and apparatus | ||
| Philip Macridis, London (United Kingdom); and John Anthony Harper, Valbonne (France) | ||
| Assigned to Inmarsat Global Limited, London (United Kingdom) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 20, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/391,598. | ||
| Application 10/391598 is a division of application No. 10/229150, filed on Aug. 28, 2002, granted, now 6,643,515. | ||
| Application 10/229150 is a division of application No. 09/319460, filed on Aug. 09, 1999, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 9625475.0 (GB), filed on Dec. 06, 1996; and application No. PCT/GB97/03344 (WO), filed on Dec. 04, 1997. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0203743 A1, Oct. 14, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04Q 7/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—427 [455/12.1; 370/468] | 23 Claims |
| 1. A method of handling a call to or from a mobile terminal over a wireless link to a base station connected to a communications
network, comprising:
when setting up the call, determining a maximum bandwidth allocation for the call; and
during the call, varying the current bandwidth allocation for the call over the wireless link in accordance with a variable
bandwidth demand relating to the call without exceeding said maximum bandwidth allocation,
wherein the current bandwidth allocation includes a forward bandwidth allocation, the forward bandwidth allocation being varied
during the call in accordance with a forward channel demand relating to the call, the method further comprising transmitting
from the base station to the mobile terminal using the forward bandwidth allocation; and
wherein the forward channel demand is derived from the quantity of buffered data received from the network for transmission
to the mobile terminal.
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