Patent ID: 8254945

Claim:
A method of allocating bursts in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: dividing a downlink period into a plurality of regions according to a burst property; calculating a residual symbol axis size and a residual subchannel axis size of a first region conforming to a two-dimensional allocation from among the plurality of regions; allocating bursts to be allocated to the first region in a descending order of burst size, the bursts being allocated in at least one of a rectangular shape having a length corresponding to the number of residual symbols along a time axis and in a rectangular shape having a length corresponding to the number of residual subchannels along a frequency axis; and allocating bursts to at least one of the regions conforming to a one-dimensional allocation according to a scheduling priority, wherein the plurality of regions are divided along the time axis into a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) zone for transmitting a burst conforming to a MIMO scheme and a nonMIMO zone for transmitting a burst conforming to a Single Input Single Output (SISO) scheme or a Single Input Multiple Output (SIMO) scheme.