Abstract: The invention concerns a method for call or connection admission control, in a telecommunication system in particular of the digital type. For each current connection and each requested connection, the method consists in determining a parameter which depends on the bandwidth and the power of the connection and in summing the parameters for all the connections. The requested connection is granted if the sum of said parameters does not exceed a predetermined threshold. In one embodiment, the parameter for each connection is homogeneous with a power level. The parameter is, for example, the product of a terminal or a base station power by a dimensionless coefficient proportional to a bandwidth. The invention is applicable to a telecommunications system wherein terminals (141, 142, 143) communicate with a base station (12), for example via satellites.

Abstract: In a method of distributing transmission resources in a telecommunication system in which calls from or to terminals pass through a call connection station, the transmission resources controlled by the station are divided into dedicated resources allocated to terminals connected to the station and common resources that can be used by any terminal connected to the station if its dedicated resources are insufficient. This facilitates admitting calls into the network.