Patent ID: 7567543

Claim:
A method for use in a distributed wireless communication network, comprising: receiving an indication of a set of nodes in said network to transmit over a corresponding set of links in said network; determining for each node in said set of nodes an optimal rate of transmission; determining for each link in said set of links an optimal rate of traffic flow; calculating a target signal to noise ratio over each of said links; calculating beamformer weights and transmit powers for each node as a function of said target signal to noise ratio, and wherein said optimal rate of transmission from each node is based on the equation: s n * ⁢ ( k ) = [ 1 - Tv n ( k ) + ∑ l ∈ O ⁡ ( n ) ⁢ λ l ( k ) - ∑ l ∈ I ⁡ ( n ) ⁢ λ l ( k ) ] + where s n *(k) is the optimal value for the rate of transmission from node n at iteration k; T is the period of the transmission schedule; O(n) is the set of links emanating from node n; I(n) is the set of links entering node n; and v n (k) and λ l (k) are Lagrangian dual variables at iteration k.