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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2003
Krishna Balachandran, Morganville, NJ (US);
Kenneth C. Budka, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Arnab Das, Washington, DC (US);
Kameswara Rao Medapalli, Middletown, NJ (US);
Minothi Parulekar, Bangalore, IN;
Krishna Balachandran, Morganville, NJ (US);
Kenneth C. Budka, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Arnab Das, Washington, DC (US);
Kameswara Rao Medapalli, Middletown, NJ (US);
Minothi Parulekar, Bangalore, IN;
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for scheduling transmissions to a plurality of users in a communication network determines a satisfaction metric and a dissatisfaction metric for each user in a given timeslot that is to be used for a next scheduled transmission to one of the users. Each user is assigned a weight based on a value of at least one of the user's satisfaction metric, the user's dissatisfaction metric and a rate requested by the user. The use having the highest weight is selected to be served the next scheduled transmission in the given timeslot.