Fast efficient resource distribution in long term evolution communication network scheduling

An apparatus for pre-scheduling a total amount of resource units in a wireless communication network having a plurality of cells, the apparatus comprising:

• a memory, the memory configured to store:
• a total amount of resource units available for allocation to the plurality of cells;
• an estimated amount of resource units to be consumed by each of the plurality of cells;
• and
• an amount of resource units allocated to each cell served by the at least one module;
• and
• a processor, the processor configured to:
• determine, for a transmission time interval, the total amount of resource units available for allocation to the plurality of cells by the at least one module;
• estimate the amount of resource units to be consumed by each of the plurality of cells based at least in part on resource limits for each of the plurality of cells and resource limits of the at least one module;
• and
• determine the amount of resource units to be allocated to each cell served by the at least one module based on the estimated resource consumption of each cell, the resource limits of each cell and the resource limits of the at least one module.

A wireless communication system, comprising:

• a network node, the network node having at least one module, the at least one module having a corresponding total number of allocable resource units, the at least one module configured to allocate resource units to a queue of a corresponding cell served by the network node until the sooner of:
• allocating resource units to the queue sufficient to empty the queue;
• any resource units of the corresponding cell are exhausted;
• and
• any resource units of the total allocable resource units are exhausted.