Method and apparatus for scheduling of quality of service (QoS) transmissions in a wireless communication system

A method for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• employing a processor executing computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to implement the following acts:
• assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the respective credit values;
• reducing the credit value for a scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit;
• assigning a quality of service weight to the data flow for each user equipment (UE);
• assigning the credit value initially to each data flow based upon a total of the quality of service weights;
• and
• allocating to the credit value for a subsequent system slot or time quanta for a scheduled data flow in proportion to the quality-of-service weight in relation to a sum of weights of other scheduled data flows.

A method for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• employing a processor executing computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to implement the following acts:
• assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the respective credit values;
• reducing the credit value for a scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit;
• assigning a quality of service weight to the data flow for each user equipment (UE);
• assigning the credit value initially to each data flow based upon a total of the quality of service weights;
• and
• allocating to the credit value for a subsequent system slot or time quanta for an unscheduled data flow in proportion to the quality-of-service weight in relation to a sum of all weights of other scheduled and unscheduled data flows.

A method for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• employing a processor executing computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to implement the following acts:
• assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the respective credit values;
• reducing the credit value for a scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit;
• assigning a quality of service weight to the data flow for each user equipment (UE);
• assigning the credit value initially to each data flow based upon a total of the quality of service weights;
• and
• assigning the credit value initially based upon the quality-of-service weights in relation to a total of the quality-of-service weights of scheduled data flows.

A method for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• employing a processor executing computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to implement the following acts:
• assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the respective credit values;
• reducing the credit value for a scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit;
• and
• scheduling a data flow to transmit data having a size that will reduce the credit value corresponding to the data flow below zero.

A method for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• employing a processor executing computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to implement the following acts:
• assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the respective credit values;
• reducing the credit value for a scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit;
• scheduling a data flow to transmit data having a size that will reduce the credit value corresponding to the data flow below zero;
• and
• scheduling a data flow to consume a full medium access control (MAC) slot or quanta as a minimum radio link protocol (RLP) framing rule.

A method for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• employing a processor executing computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to implement the following acts:
• assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the respective credit values;
• reducing the credit value for a scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit;
• and
• scheduling a data flow to transmit data having a size that will reduce the credit value corresponding to the data flow below zero;
• and
• increasing the credit value for user equipment (UE) having a credit value below zero at a rate higher than increases for an unscheduled data queue for the user equipment (UE) having a credit value above zero.

A method for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• employing a processor executing computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to implement the following acts:
• assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the respective credit values;
• reducing the credit value for a scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit;
• scheduling a data flow to transmit data having a size that will reduce the credit value corresponding to the data flow below zero;
• increasing the credit value for user equipment (UE) having a credit value below zero at a rate higher than increases for an unscheduled data queue for the user equipment (UE) having a credit value above zero;
• and
• increasing the credit value for user equipment (UE) having a credit value below zero by increasing the credit value to zero after a predefined period of time.

A method for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• employing a processor executing computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to implement the following acts:
• assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the respective credit values;
• reducing the credit value for a scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit;
• scheduling a data flow to transmit data having a size that will reduce the credit value corresponding to the data flow below zero;
• increasing the credit value for user equipment (UE) having a credit value below zero at a rate higher than increases for an unscheduled data queue for the user equipment (UE) having a credit value above zero;
• and
• increasing the credit value for user equipment (UE) having a credit value below zero by increasing the credit value by a geometric factor.

A method for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• employing a processor executing computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to implement the following acts:
• assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the respective credit values;
• reducing the credit value for a scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit;
• scheduling a data flow to transmit data having a size that will reduce the credit value corresponding to the data flow below zero;
• increasing the credit value for user equipment (UE) having a credit value below zero at a rate higher than increases for an unscheduled data queue for the user equipment (UE) having a credit value above zero;
• and
• increasing the credit value for user equipment (UE) having a credit value below zero by increasing the credit value by a polynomial factor.

A method for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• employing a processor executing computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to implement following acts:
• assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the respective credit values;
• and
• reducing the credit value for a scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit is a burst credit based on a share of all credits that would be allocated in a fully busy system;
• and
• scheduling each data flow having data based on having a credit value that is larger as a priority-driven rule.

A method for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• employing a processor executing computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to implement following acts:
• assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the respective credit values;
• and
• reducing the credit value for a scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit is a burst credit based on a share of all credits that would be allocated in a fully busy system;
• and
• excluding scheduling of any data flow having a credit value below a credit threshold as a deficit round robin rule.

A method for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• employing a processor executing computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to implement following acts:
• assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the respective credit values;
• and
• reducing the credit value for a scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit is a burst credit based on a share of all credits that would be allocated in a fully busy system;
• and
• excluding scheduling of any data flow having a credit value below a credit threshold as a deficit round robin rule, wherein the credit threshold is zero.

A method for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• employing a processor executing computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to implement following acts:
• assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the respective credit values;
• and
• reducing the credit value for a scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit is a burst credit based on a share of all credits that would be allocated in a fully busy system;
• and
• assigning the credit value statically by a central administrator.

A method for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• employing a processor executing computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to implement following acts:
• assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the respective credit values;
• and
• reducing the credit value for a scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit is a burst credit based on a share of all credits that would be allocated in a fully busy system;
• and
• recognizing each data flow by a selected one of a group consisting of upon source port, destination port, source address, destination address, and Internet Protocol (IP) Type of Service (TOS) field.

A method for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• employing a processor executing computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to implement following acts:
• assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the respective credit values;
• and
• reducing the credit value for a scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit is a burst credit based on a share of all credits that would be allocated in a fully busy system;
• and
• assigning credits in units of medium access control (MAC) slot capacity.

A computer program product for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that when executed by at least one processor implement components comprising:
• a first component for assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• a second component for scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the respective credit value;
• and
• a third component for reducing the credit value for a scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit is a burst credit based on a share of all credits that would be allocated in a fully busy system.

An apparatus for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that when executed by the at least one processor implement components comprising:
• means for assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• means for scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the assigned credit values;
• and
• means for reducing the credit value for each scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for each unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit is a burst credit based on a share of all credits that would be allocated in a fully busy system.

An apparatus for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving requests for data flows to transmit data;
• a computing platform for assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• a transmitter for scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the assigned credit values;
• and
• the computing platform further for reducing the credit value for each scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for each unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit is a burst credit based on a share of all credits that would be allocated in a fully busy system.

An apparatus for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving requests for data flows to transmit data;
• a computing platform for assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• a transmitter for scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the assigned credit values;
• the computing platform further reducing the credit value for each scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for each unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the computing platform is further for assigning a quality-of-service weight to the data flow for each user equipment (UE) and for assigning the credit value initially to each data flow based upon a total quality-of-service weights;
• and further wherein the computing platform is further for allocating to the credit value for a subsequent system slot or time quanta for a scheduled data flow in proportion to the quality-of-service weight in relation to a sum of weights of other scheduled data flows.

An apparatus for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving requests for data flows to transmit data;
• a computing platform for assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• a transmitter for scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the assigned credit values;
• the computing platform further reducing the credit value for each scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for each unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the computing platform is further for assigning a quality-of-service weight to the data flow for each user equipment (UE) and for assigning the credit value initially to each data flow based upon a total quality-of-service weights;
• and further wherein the computing platform is further for allocating to the credit value for a subsequent system slot or time quanta for an unscheduled data flow in proportion to the quality-of-service weight in relation to a sum of all weights of other scheduled and unscheduled data flows.

An apparatus for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving requests for data flows to transmit data;
• a computing platform for assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• a transmitter for scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the assigned credit values;
• the computing platform further reducing the credit value for each scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for each unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the computing platform is further for assigning a quality-of-service weight to the data flow for each user equipment (UE) and for assigning the credit value initially to each data flow based upon a total quality-of-service weights;
• and further wherein the computing platform is further for assigning the credit value initially based upon the quality-of-service weights in relation to a total of weights of scheduled data flows.

An apparatus for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving requests for data flows to transmit data;
• a computing platform for assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• a transmitter for scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the assigned credit values;
• the computing platform further reducing the credit value for each scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for each unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the transmitter is further for scheduling a data flow to transmit data having a size that will reduce the credit value corresponding to the data flow below zero.

An apparatus for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving requests for data flows to transmit data;
• a computing platform for assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• a transmitter for scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the assigned credit values;
• the computing platform further reducing the credit value for each scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for each unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the transmitter is further for scheduling a data flow to transmit data having a size that will reduce the credit value corresponding to the data flow below zero, wherein the transmitter is further for scheduling a data flow to consume a full medium access control (MAC) slot or quanta as a minimum radio link protocol (RLP) framing rule.

An apparatus for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving requests for data flows to transmit data;
• a computing platform for assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• a transmitter for scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the assigned credit values;
• the computing platform further reducing the credit value for each scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for each unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the transmitter is further for scheduling a data flow to transmit data having a size that will reduce the credit value corresponding to the data flow below zero, wherein the computing platform is further for increasing the credit value for user equipment (UE) having a credit value below zero at a rate higher than increases for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a credit value above zero.

An apparatus for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving requests for data flows to transmit data;
• a computing platform for assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• a transmitter for scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the assigned credit values;
• the computing platform further reducing the credit value for each scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for each unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the transmitter is further for scheduling a data flow to transmit data having a size that will reduce the credit value corresponding to the data flow below zero, wherein the computing platform is further for increasing the credit value for user equipment (UE) having a credit value below zero at a rate higher than increases for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a credit value above zero, and further wherein the computing platform is further for increasing the credit value for user equipment (UE) having a credit value below zero by increasing the credit value to zero after a predefined period of time.

An apparatus for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving requests for data flows to transmit data;
• a computing platform for assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• a transmitter for scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the assigned credit values;
• the computing platform further reducing the credit value for each scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for each unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the transmitter is further for scheduling a data flow to transmit data having a size that will reduce the credit value corresponding to the data flow below zero, wherein the computing platform is further for increasing the credit value for user equipment (UE) having a credit value below zero at a rate higher than increases for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a credit value above zero, and further wherein the computing platform is further for increasing the credit value for user equipment (UE) having a credit value below zero by increasing the credit value by a geometric factor.

An apparatus for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving requests for data flows to transmit data;
• a computing platform for assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• a transmitter for scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the assigned credit values;
• the computing platform further reducing the credit value for each scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for each unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the transmitter is further for scheduling a data flow to transmit data having a size that will reduce the credit value corresponding to the data flow below zero, wherein the computing platform is further for increasing the credit value for user equipment (UE) having a credit value below zero at a rate higher than increases for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a credit value above zero, wherein the computing platform is further for increasing the credit value for user equipment (UE) having a credit value below zero by increasing the credit value by a polynomial factor.

An apparatus for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving requests for data flows to transmit data;
• a computing platform for assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• a transmitter for scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the assigned credit values;
• and
• the computing platform further for reducing the credit value for each scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for each unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit is a burst credit based on a share of all credits that would be allocated in a fully busy system, wherein the transmitter is further for scheduling each data flow having data based on a larger credit value preceding a smaller credit value as a priority-driven rule.

An apparatus for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving requests for data flows to transmit data;
• a computing platform for assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• a transmitter for scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the assigned credit values;
• and
• the computing platform further for reducing the credit value for each scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for each unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit is a burst credit based on a share of all credits that would be allocated in a fully busy system, wherein the transmitter is further for excluding scheduling of any data flow having a credit value below a credit threshold as a deficit round robin rule.

An apparatus for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving requests for data flows to transmit data;
• a computing platform for assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• a transmitter for scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the assigned credit values;
• and
• the computing platform further for reducing the credit value for each scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for each unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit is a burst credit based on a share of all credits that would be allocated in a fully busy system, wherein the transmitter is further for excluding scheduling of any data flow having a credit value below a credit threshold as a deficit round robin rule, wherein the credit threshold is zero.

An apparatus for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving requests for data flows to transmit data;
• a computing platform for assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• a transmitter for scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the assigned credit values;
• and
• the computing platform further for reducing the credit value for each scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for each unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit is a burst credit based on a share of all credits that would be allocated in a fully busy system, wherein the computing platform is further for assigning the credit value statically by a central administrator.

An apparatus for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving requests for data flows to transmit data;
• a computing platform for assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• a transmitter for scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the assigned credit values;
• and
• the computing platform further for reducing the credit value for each scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for each unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit is a burst credit based on a share of all credits that would be allocated in a fully busy system, wherein the receiver is further for recognizing each data flow by a selected one of a group consisting of upon source port, destination port, source address, destination address, and Internet Protocol (IP) Type of Service (TOS) field.

An apparatus for scheduling quality of service transmissions in a wireless communication system, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving requests for data flows to transmit data;
• a computing platform for assigning a credit value to a data flow respectively for each user equipment (UE) of a population of user equipment (UE);
• a transmitter for scheduling each data flow having data to transmit based upon the assigned credit values;
• and
• the computing platform further for reducing the credit value for each scheduled user equipment (UE) and increasing the credit value for each unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit, wherein the credit value for an unscheduled user equipment (UE) having a respective data flow with no data to transmit is a burst credit based on a share of all credits that would be allocated in a fully busy system, wherein the computing platform is further for assigning credits in units of medium access control (MAC) slot capacity.