Patent ID: 9572172
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for scheduling data for transmission during a transmit time interval in a wireless multi-carrier communication environment, the method comprising: for a transmit time interval: assigning at least one respective tone from a plurality of tones to each mobile terminal of a plurality of mobile terminals, wherein the assigned at least one respective tone is different for each mobile terminal; selecting, subsequent to assigning at least one respective tone to each mobile terminal, from the plurality of mobile terminals, an active mobile terminal based at least in part on a predetermined indicator of channel conditions; excluding the active mobile terminal from the plurality of mobile terminals, leaving one or more remaining mobile terminals of the plurality of mobile terminals; excluding the at least one respective tone assigned to the active mobile terminal from the plurality of tones, leaving available tones of the plurality of tones; and assigning at least one respective tone from the available tones to at least one mobile terminal of the remaining mobile terminals.