Patent ID: 8411625
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: establishing a connection with at least one mobile station (MS); allocating communication resources, in resource blocks, to the MS; selecting a size of a burst length field based in part upon a bandwidth and a scheduling interval used to communicate with the MS; transmitting, to the MS, a message that includes the burst length field; and wherein the value of the burst length field indicates to the MS the number of resource blocks allocated to the MS for purposes of communication wherein the burst length field includes a fixed sized portion, and a variable sized portion, wherein the size of the variable sized portion is related to the value of the fixed size portion; and wherein selecting includes: determining a maximum number of possible resource blocks based upon the bandwidth and scheduling interval; computing a maximum size of the variable sized portion by calculating the integer portion of the binary logarithm of the number of resource blocks minus one; and computing a fixed sized portion by, for an exponential offset value, calculating the integer portion of the binary logarithm of the number of resource blocks minus one, and subtracting the exponential offset value, wherein the fixed sized portion has a minimum value of zero.