Patent ID: 7342911

Claim:
A method comprising: dividing a time slot into a predetermined number of sub-blocks; defining an amount of available capacity for a non-real time use in a time slot; defining a number of sub-blocks reserved by a real-time use in a time slot; defining a number of sub-blocks reserved by non-real time use in a time slot; defining a number of free sub-blocks in a time slot based on the sub-blocks reserved by the real-time use and the sub-blocks reserved by the non-real time use; calculating a sub-block reservation rate for a time slot based on the number of free sub-blocks, the amount of available capacity for the non-real time use in the time slot and the number of sub-blocks in a time slot not reserved by real time use; and averaging a sub-block reservation rate for a time slot to determine a down link sub-block reservation rate.