Patent ID: 8526307
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of associating a plurality of mobile stations between a first resource group and a second resource group, comprising: for each mobile station, determining a first unit share rate for the mobile station for a first one of the resource groups and a second unit share rate for the mobile station for a remaining second one of the resource groups; for each mobile station, determining a corresponding differentiation factor from the mobile station's first unit share rate and the mobile station's second unit share rate; sorting the differentiation factors into one of a monotonically ascending order or a monotonically descending order to produce sorted differentiation factors; applying a proportional fair border determining function to the sorted differentiation factors to determine a border one of the sorted differentiation factors, wherein a first portion of the sorted differentiation factors includes the border differentiation factor and any differentiation factors that are less than or equal to the border differentiation factor and a second portion includes the border differentiation factor and any differentiation factors that are greater than or equal to the border differentiation factor, and associating the mobile stations corresponding to the first portion with the first resource group and associating the mobile stations corresponding to the second portion with the second resource group.