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Rivada Networks Secures 2 New Patents for LTE Prioritization [Professional Services Close - Up](Professional Services Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has allowed two more patent applications from Rivada Networks. According to a company release, Rivada's two latest patents cover techniques for managing and prioritizing traffic on wireless data networks, an increasingly vital capability on all wireless networks as demand for mobile bandwidth continues to skyrocket. The first describes a method for monitoring network usage at the base stations on a 4G LTE network. That information can then be used to throttle lower-priority traffic when usage hits certain thresholds, to ensure that higher-priority traffic still gets through. This real-time network management will be useful on any high- traffic LTE network, but for Public Safety, it could be a life- saver. "Rivada's dynamic network-monitoring technology is vital to ensuring that first responders will have the network access they need on their future 4G networks," said Clint Smith, Rivada's Chief Technology Officer. "Plain-vanilla LTE prioritization won't get the job done in an emergency when a network is overloaded." The second patent also enhances Rivada's Dynamic Spectrum Arbitrage technology. Rivada has developed the technology to allow one network to auction part of its capacity to the owner of another network, subject to availability. In this way, a mobile network operator can monetize its spare capacity, but retain the ability to claw it back if certain conditions are met-such as an unexpected surge in demand. "Rivada's latest patent," CEO Declan Ganley explained, "allows any LTE network operator to profit from its spare capacity, without losing control of its network." Ganley added: "Thus, wireless carriers could auction capacity on their networks at times when demand is predictably low, while still being able to reclaim that bandwidth if it faced a sudden and unexpected surge of demand in a particular location." "Wireless spectrum is too valuable, too scarce and too important to our economy," Ganley added. "We can't afford not to use every available bit of that resource. Rivada's mission is making that possible, and these patents move us closer to that goal." ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |