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System and method for scheduling transmissions in a wireless communication system

  • US 8,150,407 B2
  • Filed: 02/06/2004
  • Issued: 04/03/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A base station comprising:

  • a transceiver subsystem; and

    a processing subsystem configuredto receive a request for grant including an identification of a specific service class from a mobile station, the specific service class being one of a set of available service classes, each service class corresponding to a particular type of data to be transmitted by the mobile station, and wherein the request for grant is received if a threshold amount of data is detected in buffers at the mobile station,to make a determination whether or not to issue a grant to the mobile station in response to the request for grant, to send a grant for the specific service class to the mobile station if a determination is made at the base station to issue the grant, andto receive data for the specific service class transmitted according to the grant on a reverse link from the mobile station to the base station, wherein the base station is a serving base station.

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