Patent ID: 9271229
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method for selecting numbers of symbols to be transmitted on a plurality of channels, comprising: receiving, from each of a plurality of storage nodes, information about one or more symbols stored in the storage node, wherein each of the one or more symbols represents a portion of a data block and wherein each of the plurality of storage nodes is connected via a channel of the plurality of channels; for each of the plurality of channels, calculating using a hardware processor at least an increase in transmission power of that channel if it transmits a first symbol that represents a first portion of the data block from a corresponding storage node of the plurality of storage nodes; selecting, using the hardware processor, a first channel of the plurality of channels to transmit the first symbol and a second channel of the plurality of channels to transmit a second symbol that represents a second portion of the data block based at least in part on the calculation indicating that the first channel will have the smallest increase in transmission power from transmitting the first symbol and based at least in part on the received information about one or more symbols stored in a first storage node, wherein the first storage node of the plurality of storage nodes is connected via the first channel and a second storage node of the plurality of storage nodes is connected via the second channel; and indicating that the first symbol is to be transmitted by the first channel and that the second symbol is to be transmitted by the second channel using the hardware processor.