Patent ID: 8364186
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A method of assigning time slots within a frequency channel in a defined duration, the method comprising: identifying the frequency channel substantially defined as a frequency range between a first frequency boundary and a second frequency boundary; identifying carrier group allocations for the defined time duration for each of a plurality of carrier groups; assigning a first carrier group allocation for a first carrier group of the plurality to a first subset of the time slots by spreading the first carrier group allocation within the defined time duration, wherein the first carrier group channel size is substantially equal to the frequency range; assigning a second carrier group allocation for a second carrier group of the plurality to a second subset of the time slots by placing at least a subset of the second carrier group allocation along the first frequency boundary, the second carrier group channel size narrower than the first carrier group channel size; and assigning one or more additional carrier group allocations for one or more additional carrier groups of the plurality to an additional subset of the time slots by placing the one or more additional carrier group allocations between the second frequency boundary and at least a portion of the second carrier group assignment, wherein channel size for each of the one or more additional carrier groups is narrower than the second carrier group channel size.