Patent ID: 9713034
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method in a first communication node for improving bandwidth utilization in a wireless communication system, the system comprising at least two communication links between the first communication node and a second communication node, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, by the first communication node, data; indicating, by the first communication node, that the received data belongs to a category relating to link quality; relating, by the first communication node, a number of categories to a number of communication links; scheduling, by the first communication node, the received data in a first queue and a second queue, wherein the first queue is on the first link and the second queue is on the second link; determining, by the first communication node, whether fading occurs on one of the at least two communication links based on communication link quality measurements of the at least two communication links, wherein the at least two communication links, a first and a second link, are actively sending data at the same time; in response to determining that fading occurs on the first link, transferring, by the first communication node, a first portion of the received data from the first queue to the second queue and not transferring a second portion of the received data from the first queue to the second queue, wherein the first portion of the received data has a higher priority level than the second portion of the received data; and sending to the second communication node, by the first communication node, the first portion of the received data on the second link and the second portion of the received data on the first link.