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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2017
Institut Mines-telecom / Telecom Bretagne, Brest, FR;
Université Libanaise, Beirut, LB;
Université Saint-esprit DE Kaslik, Jounieh, LB;
Marie-Rita Hojeij, Mont Liban, LB;
Joumana Farah, Mont Liban, LB;
Charbel Abdel Nour, Brest, FR;
Catherine Douillard, Brest, FR;
INSTITUT MINES-TELECOM / TELECOM BRETAGNE, Brest, FR;
UNIVERSITÉ LIBANAISE, Beirut, LB;
UNIVERSITÉ SAINT-ESPRIT DE KASLIK, Jounieh, LB;
Abstract
A mechanism for attributing users to a plurality of sub bands in a time slot t in a multiple access communications system, said method comprising assigning a combination of users to a sub band on a Proportional Fairness basis, that is to say whichever combination of users maximizes a Proportional Fairness performance metric for that channel, where the performance metric is weighted by a weighting factor reflecting the difference for that user between a target throughput and a projected throughput.