Method and apparatus for the fair sharing of resources in a wireless network

摘要

589457 Disclosed is a method and system for sharing resources in a wireless network. The method includes employing a communication interface to obtain a network service request from a wireless apparatus and employing one or more data processors to execute shared resource management instructions for the wireless apparatus. The instructions cause the data processors to determine whether the wireless apparatus is associated with a resource sharing subscription and initialize an amount of credits for the wireless apparatus upon obtaining the network service request. The initializing is conditioned upon determining the resource sharing subscription the amount of credits is updated when the wireless apparatus relinquishes a wireless channel resource to, or employs a wireless channel resource relinquished by, a disparate wireless node.