Patent ID: 7567543
Filing Date: 2009-07-28
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a distributed wireless communication network, comprising: receiving an indication of a set of nodes in said network to transmit over a corresponding set of links in said network; determining for each node in said set of nodes an optimal rate of transmission; determining for each link in said set of links an optimal rate of traffic flow; calculating a target signal to noise ratio over each of said links; calculating beamformer weights and transmit powers for each node as a function of said target signal to noise ratio, and wherein said optimal rate of transmission from each node is based on the equation: where s T is the period of the transmission schedule; O(n) is the set of links emanating from node n; I(n) is the set of links entering node n; and v n (k) and λ l (k) are Lagrangian dual variables at iteration k.