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Method and apparatus for a scheduler for a macro-diversity portion of a transmission

  • US 7,903,604 B2
  • Filed: 11/01/2007
  • Issued: 03/08/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of transmitting content data in a macro-diversity region of a data frame, the method comprising:

  • receiving a stream of transport packets;

    selecting a burst size from a plurality of predetermined burst sizes;

    allocating a data burst having the selected burst size to the macro-diversity region of the data frame, wherein the data burst includes at least a portion of the received stream of transport packets, and wherein the burst size is selected such that a number of data bursts allocated to the macro-diversity region is minimized;

    communicating information to a base station for transmitting a first signal including the data frame from a first transmitter, wherein the information indicates the allocation of the data burst to the macro-diversity region.

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