Tiling Allocations for Wireless Communication

A method comprising:

• locking a first dimension of a subframe;
• distributing allocations along a second dimension of the subframe while the first dimension is locked;
• locking the second dimension of the subframe;
• and
• distributing the allocations along the first dimension of the subframe while the second dimension is locked.

One or more processor-accessible media comprising processor-executable instructions that, when executed, direct a wireless device to perform actions comprising:

• locking a first dimension of a subframe;
• distributing allocations along a second dimension of the subframe while the first dimension is locked;
• locking the second dimension of the subframe;
• and
• distributing the allocations along the first dimension of the subframe while the second dimension is locked.

A wireless device for transmitting standardized frames in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless network, each standardized frame containing a downlink subframe, the wireless device comprising:

• an allocation tiler that is to receive allocations per connection and tile the allocations in slots onto the downlink subframe, the downlink subframe having a first dimension and a second dimension;
• the allocation tiler comprising:
• a grouping unit that is to organize the allocations into multiple groups and organize the allocations of each group into multiple subgroups;
• and
• a distributing unit that is to produce tiled allocations by (i) distributing the multiple groups along the second dimension while the first dimension is locked and (ii) distributing the multiple subgroups along the first dimension while the second dimension is locked.

A method for tiling allocations onto a downlink subframe of a standardized frame that is for transmission in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless network, the method comprising:

• organizing allocations per connection into multiple groups;
• organizing the allocations of each group into multiple subgroups;
• and
• tiling allocations in slots onto the downlink subframe having a first dimension and a second dimension by:
• distributing the multiple groups along the second dimension while the first dimension is locked;
• and
• distributing the multiple subgroups along the first dimension while the second dimension is locked.

A wireless device to tile multiple allocations onto a subframe having a first dimension and a second dimension, the wireless device comprising:

• an allocation tiler to tile the multiple allocations onto the subframe, the multiple allocations including a first allocation and a second allocation;
• the allocation tiler comprising:
• a striping unit to stripe the first allocation by extending a length of the first allocation along the first dimension and by expanding a breadth of the first allocation along the second dimension responsive to a size of the first allocation;
• the striping unit to stripe the second allocation by extending a length of the second allocation along the second dimension and expanding a breadth of the second allocation along the first dimension responsive to a size of the second allocation.

A wireless device for transmitting standardized frames in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless network, each standardized frame containing a downlink subframe, the wireless device comprising:

• an allocation tiler that is to receive allocations per connection and tile the allocations in slots onto the downlink subframe, the downlink subframe having a first dimension and a second dimension;
• each of the allocations corresponding to Hybrid Automatic-Repeat-Request (HARQ) connections or non-HARQ connections;
• the allocation tiler comprising:
• a grouping unit to group the allocations per connection that correspond to non-HARQ connections into multiple allocations in accordance with at least one criterion, the multiple allocations including a first allocation and a second allocation;
• and
• a striping unit to stripe the first allocation by extending a length of the first allocation along the first dimension and by expanding a breadth of the first allocation along the second dimension so as to accommodate a size of the first allocation;
• the striping unit to stripe the second allocation by extending a length of the second allocation along the second dimension and expanding a breadth of the second allocation along the first dimension so as to accommodate a size of the second allocation.

A method for tiling allocations onto a downlink subframe of a standardized frame that is for transmission in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless network, the method comprising:

• grouping allocations per connection that correspond to non-Hybrid Automatic-Repeat-Request (HARQ) connections into multiple allocations in accordance with at least one criterion, the multiple allocations including a first allocation and a second allocation;
• and
• tiling at least some of the multiple allocations in slots onto the downlink subframe having a first dimension and a second dimension by:
• striping the first allocation by extending a length of the first allocation along the first dimension and by expanding a breadth of the first allocation along the second dimension so as to accommodate a size of the first allocation;
• and
• striping the second allocation by extending a length of the second allocation along the second dimension and expanding a breadth of the second allocation along the first dimension so as to accommodate a size of the second allocation.

A method for a base station, the method comprising:

• ascertaining an allocation placement target on a subframe;
• placing onto the subframe multiple allocations proximate to the allocation placement target;
• creating at least one allocation placement area with the multiple allocations by the action of placing;
• and
• producing one or more allocation-free areas that are separate from the at least one allocation placement area.

One or more processor-accessible media comprising processor-executable instructions that, when executed, direct a wireless device to perform actions comprising:

• ascertaining an allocation placement target on a subframe;
• placing onto the subframe multiple allocations proximate to the allocation placement target;
• creating at least one allocation placement area with the multiple allocations by the action of placing;
• and
• producing one or more allocation-free areas that are separate from the at least one allocation placement area.