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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2007
Thomas Bonald, Voisins le Bretonneux, FR;
Nidhi Hegde, Paris, FR;
Alexandre Proutiere, Paris, FR;
France Telecom, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A scheduling method for a time division multiplex time slot including: establishing a first list of terminals to transmit and connected to one or more stations; while the first list contains one or more terminals: selecting a terminal from the first list; adding the selected terminal to a second list; determining two or more stations to which the selected terminal is connected, and if the first list contains one or more other terminals also connected to the determined stations, deleting the other terminal(s) from the first list; when the first list is empty, commanding transmission during the time slot to terminals of the second list; and if a terminal from the second list is connected to at least two stations, commanding transmission from the two stations.