Patent ID: 8059682
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: in response to selection of a first transport block to be transmitted through a wireless channel at a data rate, the selected, first transport block having a first transport block size, performing at least the following: selecting, by a processor, a size for a data unit that can be scheduled for transmission; identifying, by a processor, a potential transport block from a plurality of potential transport blocks, the identified potential transport block having a second transport block size that holds at least the selected size of the data unit and the first transport block size of the selected, first transport block; determining, by a processor, whether the identified potential transport block is available for transmission; and transmitting, via a transmitter, a request for an increase in the data rate in response to the identified potential transport block being available for transmission.