Patent ID: 8208446

Claim:
A method for performing a scheduling algorithm in a scheduler of a wireless communication system, comprising: obtaining from a communication unit a minimum resource parameter that indicates a minimum number of allocation units to be scheduled for a user or service in a scheduling frame in order to meet a resource constraint of the communication unit, and scheduling, in the scheduling frame, resources for radio access to the communication unit wherein the resources are scheduled in the allocation units and in accordance with the minimum resource parameter, wherein the allocation units are scheduled to the communication unit only if the minimum number of allocation units indicated by the minimum resource parameter can be scheduled for the service or user within the scheduling frame, wherein the minimum resource parameter represents a sufficient quantity to exceed a power efficiency threshold in the scheduling frame, and wherein the minimum resource parameter represents a minimum ratio of a number of information bits processed by the communication unit in a scheduling frame to an expended processing and operating power spent during the radio access by the communication unit in said scheduling frame.