Patent ID: 7286832

Claim:
A method for allocating data communication resource units by a communication infrastructure among a plurality of user equipment in a wireless communication system, comprising: storing respective indicia of the plurality of user equipment among which data communication resources are to be allocated; and allocating a number of resource units to each of the plurality of user equipment having a respective stored indicia, wherein the number, γ, of resource units allocated to the user equipment is based at least upon: φ, the volume of data that the user equipment is allowed to communicate if a fixed volume of data is to be communicated with the infrastructure; λ, the number of resource units that can be allocated to the user equipment to communicate with the infrastructure if a fixed number of resource units is to be allocated to the user equipment; θ, the number of information bits per resource unit that can be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure; and β, a predetermined fairness parameter ranging from a minimum value to a maximum value that specifies the extent to which λ resource units should be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure, and the extent to which a fixed volume of data, φ, should be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure.