Patent ID: 8005102
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for broadcasting data, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of broadcast data streams; assigning the broadcast data streams into a plurality of frames, each frame including data from no more than one of the broadcast data streams; re-allocating the plurality of frames, wherein the re-allocating is based on a queue length associated with each of the broadcast data streams and an arrival rate for broadcast data of each of the broadcast data streams; wherein a first frame is a frame being used for re-allocation, a second frame is a next frame that will include broadcast data from that same broadcast data stream contained in the first frame, a third frame is a next frame after the second frame that will include broadcast data from that same broadcast data stream contained in the first frame, and wherein the re-allocating the plurality of frames further comprises causing the frames to be broadcast wirelessly.