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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2004
Jinhui LI, Macungie, PA (US);
Ali A. Poursepanj, Austin, TX (US);
Mark Benjamin Simkins, Macungie, PA (US);
Jinhui Li, Macungie, PA (US);
Ali A. Poursepanj, Austin, TX (US);
Mark Benjamin Simkins, Macungie, PA (US);
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A network processor or other processing device of a communication system includes scheduling circuitry configured to schedule data blocks for transmission from a plurality of users or other transmission elements in timeslots of a frame. The scheduling circuitry utilizes a weight table and a mapping table. The weight table comprises a plurality of entries, with each of the entries identifying a particular one of the transmission elements. The mapping table comprises at least one entry specifying a mapping between a particular timeslot of the frame and an entry of the weight table. The scheduling circuitry determines a particular transmission element to be scheduled in a given timeslot by accessing a corresponding mapping table entry and utilizing a resultant value to access the weight table.