Patent ID: 7839824

Claim:
A method of allocating a plurality of periodically distributed frames of communication between a first wireless transceiver and a second wireless transceiver comprising: detecting periodic data for transmission between the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless transceiver; generating a transmission map that maps frequency and time slots for transmission of the data packets; including allocation information within less than all of a plurality of transmission maps of the plurality of periodically distributed frames, the allocation information designating at least one frequency and time slot in which a periodic data type of data packet is to be transmitted to the second wireless transceiver for the plurality of periodically distributed frames; wherein the first wireless transceiver is a base station and the second wireless transceiver is a mobile unit, and the base station selects a modulation and coding scheme for the at least one frequency and time slot; and wherein the modulation and coding scheme is selected by the base station to comprise a lower rate than a wireless link between the base station and the mobile unit can support at a start of the plurality of periodically distributed frames.