| 摘要 |
Call admission control within a wireless network is implemented using a service controller that manages a set of access points. The call admission control (CAC) function for a given access point determines whether the access point has sufficient unused bandwidth to handle an additional call. The service controller makes this determination by monitoring the access points and evaluating certain probability functions and load conditions. In one embodiment, a determination of whether the access point has sufficient unused bandwidth to handle an additional call is a function of two (2) independent probabilities: (i) a probability of an active session moving to the access point from one or more neighbor access points, and (ii) a probability of an idle mobile device already associated with the access point entering into a new active session by initiating an inbound or outbound call. According to another aspect, the service controller issues and manages "call admission credits" among the set of access points, where a call admission credit value indicates a number of calls that idle mobile devices associated with the access point may initiate from the AP. The call admission credits value is a function of a determined load on the AP, and a mobility probability, which is a probability of an active callmoving to the access point from one or more neighbor access points. The call admission credit value for the access point is adjusted as a function of a change of the load or in the mobility probability.</SDOAB >
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