Patent ID: 9681454
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method of scheduling uplink transmissions from at least one access terminal to an access network, comprising: estimating, at the access network, at least one signal-to-noise ratio associated with said at least one access terminal, wherein estimating said at least one signal-to-noise ratio comprises estimating said at least one signal-to-noise ratio based upon a combination of a spectral power density requested by said at least one access terminal for transmission of at least one packet, at least one signal-to-noise ratio of a reference channel, and at least one measure of noise; determining, at the access network, a format for said at least one packet based upon said at least one estimated signal-to-noise ratio; allocating, at the access network, resources for transmission of said at least one packet over the uplink based on the determined format of said at least one packet, wherein allocating the resources for transmission of said at least one packet comprises determining at least one priority for said at least one packet based on the determined format for said at least one packet and an average throughput for said at least one access terminal.