Patent ID: 9369925
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method by a network component for scheduling resources considering data rate-efficiency and fairness trade-off, the method comprising: determining a value of Jain's fairness index (JFI) for transmitting a service to a plurality of users; maximizing a sum of throughputs for transmitting the service to the plurality of users using the determined value of JFI as a feedback control parameter, wherein maximizing the sum of throughputs using the determined value of JFI as a feedback control parameter includes selecting a value for a tuning parameter in an efficiency and fairness trade-off relation model for the JFI and the sum of throughputs; and allocating resources for transmitting the service to the plurality of users in accordance with the maximized sum of throughputs for the determined value of JFI, wherein, for the same JFI, the sum of throughputs exceeds a sum of throughputs obtained by maximizing an α-fairness utility.