Multiplex communications – Communication over free space – Having a plurality of contiguous regions served by...
Reexamination Certificate
2007-11-20
2007-11-20
Vu, Huy D. (Department: 2616)
Multiplex communications
Communication over free space
Having a plurality of contiguous regions served by...
C370S468000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10122660
ABSTRACT:
A new approach is described for scheduling uplink or downlink transmissions in a network having remote terminals communicating with a central hub. The scheduler keeps track of a token count. The token count for a given remote terminal is incremented by a target amount in each pertinent timeslot, but is also decremented each time that the remote terminal is served. The amount of the decrement for one timeslot is the amount of data served, i.e., transmitted to or from the remote terminal, in that timeslot. In exemplary embodiments of the invention, the target amount by which T is incremented depends on the current value of T. Whenever the token count is non-negative (i.e., whenever it has a positive or zero value), the target amount is a desired floor, or lower limit, on an average amount of data delivered to or from the given remote terminal in one timeslot. Whenever the token count is negative, the target amount is a desired ceiling, or upper limit, on the same average amount of data delivered. In each timeslot, each remote terminal is assigned a weight proportional to a product of at least two factors: a function relating the individual remote terminal to overall network performance, and at least one increasing function of the token count. Each time a scheduling decision is made, the scheduler selects for service that remote terminal having the highest weight.
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Andrews Daniel Matthew
Qian Lijun
Stolyar Aleksandr
Finston Martin I
Nguyen Toan
Vu Huy D.
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