Patent ID: 7346354

Claim:
A method for allocating one or more resources in a wireless network, comprising: receiving from a mobile device a request for a set of cells, the mobile device operable to communicate information over a wireless link, each cell associated with a bandwidth; estimating an available bandwidth for each cell of the set of cells; determining whether there is an assignment of a bias for each cell that is operable to maintain the wireless link, the bias for a cell indicating a portion of the bandwidth of the cell to be allocated to the wireless link, the bias for a cell determined in accordance with the available bandwidth for the cell; establishing a resource allocation for each cell in accordance with the bias for the each cell if there is an assignment of a bias for each cell that is operable to maintain the link; and accepting a connection for the mobile device even if there is no resource allocation for one cell of the set of cells that is operable to maintain the wireless link.