Patent ID: 7729307
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for scheduling data from a Radio Network Controller (RNC) element of a cellular communication system to at least one base station, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of resource allocators, wherein each resource allocator is operable to schedule data across a shared communication link for use by a single cell sector of a plurality of cell sectors, the shared communication link configured to communicate data between the RNC and the at least one base station; a resource determining processor for dynamically determining a resource requirement parameter for at least one cell sector of the plurality of cell sectors, wherein the resource requirement parameter is related to a measure of available resources of the shared communication link based on the resource requirement of each resource allocator; and an assignment processor for dynamically assigning a resource availability of the shared communication link to at least one of the plurality of resource allocators in response to the resource requirement parameter, wherein each resource allocator is operable to schedule data for communication across the shared communication link based on its assigned resource availability.