Patent ID: 8019068

Claim:
A method for information conveyance between ones of a plurality of subscriber equipments and ones of a multiple of antennas over downlink channels of a wireless communications system, the method comprising the steps of: scheduling transmission of at least two independent data streams from selected ones of the multiple of antennas to selected ones of the plurality of subscriber equipments via the downlink channels based on sets of channel conditions and calculated power allocations associated with the selected ones of the subscriber equipment to satisfy one of more system requirements, the scheduling further comprising retrieving channel conditions from signaling information received with the multiple antennas from the plurality of subscriber equipments; determining sets of channel conditions associated with the plurality of subscriber equipments; calculating power allocations based on the determined sets of channel conditions; and applying the calculated power allocations and the sets of channel conditions to a scheduler; causing the at least two independent data streams to be simultaneously transmitted via a common channel from all of the selected ones of the multiple of antennas to the selected ones of the subscriber equipments; and selecting a set of subscribers to be given access to the downlink channels at a particular time based on the applied set of channel conditions and associated power allocation calculations.