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Method for scheduling and allocating data transmissions in a broad-band communications system

  • US 6,920,119 B2
  • Filed: 01/09/2001
  • Issued: 07/19/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for allocating at least one shared radio resource within a communication system including at least one base station adapted to manage data service access requests, the method comprising:

  • a) determining whether a number of existing data service access requests exceeds the number of shared radio resources;

    b) servicing each of the existing data service access requests on a first-in-highest-priority basis when the number of existing data service access requests does not exceed the number of shared radio resources;

    c) assigning a priority value to each of the existing data service access requests when the number of existing data service access requests exceeds the number of shared radio resources;

    d) servicing each of the existing data service access requests based on the respective priority values assigned thereto; and

    e) adjusting the priority value assigned to each of the existing data service access requests when a new data service access request is received by adjusting a frame count value for an existing data service access request according to the equation FCadj=FC−

    B, where FCadj is an adjusted frame count value for the existing data service access request, FC is a present frame count value for the existing data service access request, and B is an average of the frame count values for each of the existing data service access requests.

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