Patent ID: 6956835
Filing Date: 2005-10-18
Classification: H04B,H04J,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a base station to transmit communications to a plurality of user terminals on a plurality of carriers, the method comprising: for each of the plurality of carriers, receiving channel quality indications from the plurality of user terminals; based upon the channel quality indications received from the plurality of user terminals, for each of the plurality of carriers, determining a maximum data rate supportable for each of the user terminals; based upon the maximum data rate supportable for each of the user terminals for each of the plurality of carriers, and a minimum quality of service required for each user terminal, allocating frames in a plurality of superframes corresponding to the plurality of carriers a subsequent communication to the plurality of user terminals; transmitting the subsequent communication to the plurality of user terminals based upon the allocation of frames; and wherein the plurality of superframes are transmitted on the plurality of carriers and are synchronized in time.