Cellular communications system for providing non-real time subscription data and related methods

摘要

A cellular communications system may include a plurality of mobile cellular communications devices each associated with a respective user, and at least one cellular base station for wirelessly communicating with the mobile cellular communications devices. The at least one cellular base station may have a capacity associated therewith. The system may also include a central station for determining available capacity of the at least one cellular base station based upon active wireless communications with the mobile cellular communications devices. Moreover, the system may also include a subscription server for cooperating with the central station to provide non-real time subscription data to users on respective mobile cellular communications devices via the at least one cellular base station when the determined available capacity thereof is greater than a threshold.

主权项

1. A communications system comprising:
a station configured to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of electronic devices, said station having an available capacity associated therewith; and a subscription server configured to
cooperate with said station to send a first portion of non-real time subscription data to a given electronic device when the available capacity is greater than a first capacity threshold, and thereafter send a second portion of the non-real time subscription data to the given electronic device when the available capacity is greater than a second capacity threshold, andsend no subscription data to the given electronic device when the available capacity is below the first capacity threshold.