Patent ID: 7072321

Claim:
A scheduling method, comprising: initializing a user throughput at a first rate; obtaining input parameters for a common frame of each data user; determining, for each data user, a potential transmit rate on a first type of channel and priority index associated with the frame; and determining, for each data user, an actual transmit rate on the first type of channel based on remaining power available; wherein the obtaining the input parameters for the common frame comprising determining the total power available for data users, by subtracting both the sum of fundamental channel (FCH) power levels and the sum of overhead power levels from maximum power obtaining the FCH transmit power of the common frame of each data user by integrating the power control groups in each frame over time for a number of previous frames and then predicting the instantaneous power required for the common frame, and obtaining the FCH transmit rate of the common frame of each data user.