Method of providing rate tiers in wireless communication systems

摘要

The present invention provides a method of providing rate tiers in a wireless communication system. Embodiments of the method include forming, at a network element in the wireless communication system, a statistical representation of resource usage for a user in the wireless communication system as a function of location and/or time using measurements of the user's resource usage at a plurality of locations. Embodiments of the method also include defining, at the network element, a plurality of rate tiers based on the statistical representation. Each rate tier indicates a rate for a different level of resource usage offered to the user.

主权项

1. A method for implementation in a wireless communication system, comprising:
accessing, at a network element in the wireless communication system, a statistical representation of resource usage for a user, wherein the statistical representation is determined based on measurements of the user's resource usage at a plurality of locations; receiving, at the network element, a request to admit a call from a user at a current location in the plurality of locations; estimating, at the network element, a resource margin required to admit the call from the user at the current location based on the statistical representation; and determining, at the network element, whether to admit the call based on the estimate of the resource margin.