Patent ID: 9509624
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for pre-scheduling transmission of data on a network, the method comprising: identifying, by a computing system, that a first device has been allocated a first quantity of time segments during which the first device is permitted to transmit during a frame of time segments, and that a second device has been allocated a second quantity of time segments during which the second device is permitted to transmit during the frame of time segments; receiving, by the computing system, an indication of a positive quantity of data that the first device has designated for transmission during the frame of time segments; determining, by the computing system and based on the received indication of the positive quantity of data that the first device has designated for transmission during the frame of time segments, that the first device would not use one or more of the time segments that were allocated to the first device for transmission during the frame of time segments; allocating, by the computing system and in response to determining that the first device would not use the one or more of the time segments that were allocated to the first device, at least a first portion of the one or more time segments for use by the second device during the frame of time segments, instead of the first device; and identifying, by the computing system in response to the computing system allocating the at least first portion of the one or more time segments for use by the second device during the frame of time segments, that: