Methods and systems for controlling the number of computations involved in computing the allocation of resources given resource constraints

A content source that enables controlling the number of computations involved in computing the allocation of delay-jitter sensitive resources given resource constraints, the content source comprising:

• memory for
• storing a set of existing constraints for providing the delay-jitter sensitive resources over a plurality of wireless communication channels;
• and
• storing an adjustable parameter for reducing the number of computations associated with providing said delay-jitter sensitive resources without jitter or delay, said adjustable parameter associated with a cost of coding and associated with a coding efficiency wherein said adjustable parameter is selected based on said existing constraints and selected to provide said delay-sensitive resources without jitter or delay over said wireless channels;
• a processor coupled to the memory for
• receiving the set of existing constraints;
• receiving the adjustable parameter;
• and
• executing a complexity-scalable resource-allocator that computes an estimated constraint for providing a resource, at least in part, by dividing an existing constraint for providing the resource by the adjustable parameter, rounding down, and multiplying by the adjustable parameter, wherein the estimated constraint is used to optimally allocate the resources with reduced jitter and delay according to said existing constraints.

A computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to perform a method for controlling the number of computations involved in computing the allocation of delay-jifter sensitive resources given resource constraints, the method comprising:

• receiving a set of existing constraints for providing the delay-jitter sensitive resources over a plurality of wireless communication channels;
• receiving an adjustable parameter for reducing the number of computations associated with providing said delay-jitter sensitive resources without jitter or delay over said wireless channels, said adjustable parameter associated with a cost of coding and associated with a coding efficiency wherein said adjustable parameter is selected based on said existing constraints and selected to provide said delay-jitter sensitive resources without jitter or delay;
• and
• executing a complexity-scalable optimization that computes an estimated constraint for providing a resource, at least in part, by dividing the existing constraint by the adjustable parameter, rounding down, and multiplying by the adjustable parameter, wherein the estimated constraint is used to optimally allocate the resources with reduced jitter and delay according to said existing constraints.