Patent ID: 7697543
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting data to a shared network, comprising: receiving, at a client device coupled to a plurality of signal sources, a plurality of information packets from at least one signal source in the plurality of signal sources; receiving, at the client device, an allocation of a first grant region from a controller in the shared network, wherein the first grant region is designated by the controller for transmission of a first information packet from a first signal source in the plurality of signal sources; assigning, at the client device, classification information to each received information packet wherein the classification information includes a priority of the information packet; determining an efficiency of allocation to the first grant region for each information packet in a plurality of received information packets having equal priorities; and locally allocating at the client device the first grant region based on the classification information for each information packet in the plurality of information packets and the allocation efficiency for information packets having equal priorities, wherein the local allocation of the first grant region is different than the allocation received from the controller in the shared network.