Patent ID: 8181184
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for allocating available service capacity to a plurality of communication tasks in a communication system having a plurality of transmission channels within a frame, the method comprising: receiving, in said communication system, a plurality of unassigned communication tasks, each requiring some portion of an available service capacity for transmission of data in said communication system; first selecting, from among said plurality of unassigned communication tasks, a first communication task having a first requirement for available service capacity which is greater than the requirement for service capacity of a remainder of the plurality of unassigned communication tasks; determining a plurality of transmission channels available within a frame in said communication system, each having an available service capacity; identifying a subset of said plurality of transmission channels having an available service capacity greater than or equal to said first requirement; second selecting, from the subset, a first transmission channel having an available service capacity that is less than the available service capacity of a remainder of the transmission channels in said subset; assigning said first communication task to said first transmission channel.