Dynamic control of packet data service throughput by radio access control node

摘要

A radio access network (24) comprises a control node (26) which performs a dynamic adjustment of a priority class afforded to a packet data connection with a user equipment unit. The dynamic adjustment of a priority class performed by the control node is based on a throughput criteria (112) communicated to the control node by the user equipment unit. In one example embodiment, the dynamic adjustment is performed by a dynamic priority regulator application program (100) which executes at node compares actual data packet throughput for the packet data connection with the throughput criteria, and on the basis of the comparison performs a change of the priority class accorded to the packet data connection. In accordance with the change of the priority class the control node requests a radio base station node to change a throughput rate for the packet data connection. The control node performs the dynamic adjustment of a priority class within priority class constraints also communicated to the control node by the user equipment unit.