Patent ID: 9247561
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method of prioritizing non-scheduled data, comprising: identifying non-scheduled data to be transmitted on a non-scheduled MAC-d flow, wherein the non-scheduled MAC-d flow is associated with a non-scheduled priority; identifying scheduled data to be transmitted on a scheduled MAC-d flow, wherein the scheduled MAC-d flow is associated with a scheduled priority; receiving a pre-allocation of power associated with a non-empty non-scheduled MAC-d flow; determining that a priority condition is that the non-scheduled priority is a highest priority as compared with at least the scheduled priority; applying all of the pre-allocation of power to the non-scheduled MAC-d flow based on the determining, and transmitting the non-scheduled MAC-d flow and the scheduled MAC-d flow according to the priority condition, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the non-scheduled MAC-d flow according to the pre-allocation of power.