Patent ID: 8000304
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a forward channel rate for wirelessly communicating information to a wireless communication device using at least one of a wireless information broadcast communication mode and a wireless information multicast communication mode, the method comprising: determining if a number of a plurality of wireless communication devices requesting to receive a set of information to be communicated exceeds a first predefined threshold; when the number of the plurality of wireless communication devices exceeds the first predefined threshold receiving data rate control information from each wireless communication device in the plurality of wireless communication devices requesting a set of information to be communicated using at least one of the wireless information broadcast communication mode and the wireless information multicast communication mode, wherein the data rate control information includes signal strength information associated with each of the wireless communication devices; comparing the data rate control information received from each of the wireless communication devices in the plurality of wireless communication devices; and determining a modulation and coding scheme for wirelessly communicating the set of information to the plurality of wireless communication devices using at least one of the wireless information broadcast communication mode and the wireless information multicast communication mode, wherein the modulation and coding scheme is based on the data rate control information associated with a wireless communication device in the plurality of wireless communication devices having a weakest signal strength.