System for allocating resources in a communication system
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsRajesh Pankaj, Nagabhushana T. Sindhushayana
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Abstract
A communication network having a plurality of subscriber units receive a finite resource from a common node is disclosed. Individual subscriber units may seize the finite resource of the common node to the exclusion of all other subscriber units in the network. A scheduler allocates the finite resource to the individual subscriber units based upon a weight associated with the individual subscriber units. The scheduler determines the weight for each of the subscriber units based upon an instantaneous rate of consuming the finite resource.
Claims28
A resource scheduler in a communication system, the communication system including a common node and a plurality of customer nodes associated with the common node, the resource scheduler comprising:
- means for maintaining a weight associated with the customer nodes;
- means for selecting one or more of the customer nodes to seize a resource based upon the weight associated with the customer nodes;
- and
- means for changing the weight associated with the customer nodes based upon an instantaneous rate at which the customer nodes consume the resource.
A method for scheduling a resource in a communication system, the communication system including a common node and a plurality of customer nodes associated with the common node, the method comprising:
- maintaining a weight associated with the customer nodes;
- selecting one or more of the customer nodes to seize a resource based upon the weight associated with the customer nodes;
- and
- changing the weight associated with the customer nodes based upon an instantaneous rate at which the customer nodes consume the resource.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.