Patent ID: 7978724

Claim:
A method of allocating radio resources, comprising: determining, by a base station processor, whether a bandwidth assigned to a communication station can be satisfied using available subchannels and a modulation and coding scheme (MCS); when the bandwidth cannot be satisfied using available subchannels and MCS, selecting, by the base station processor, a number of the available subchannels, selecting, by the base station processor, an MCS, and adjusting, by the base station processor, a power level for communications transmitted to the communication station relative to a power level determined based on a signal quality measurement; and transmitting, by a base station transmitter, information to the communication station using the selected number of subchannels, MCS and adjusted power level; when the bandwidth can be satisfied using available subchannels and MCS, the method further comprising selecting an MCS; and determining whether an integer number of subchannels satisfy the assigned bandwidth, wherein when a non-integer number of subchannels are required to satisfy the assigned bandwidth, the method comprising selecting an integer number of subchannels; and selecting an adjusted power level that satisfies the assigned bandwidth based on the selected MCS and selected number of subchannels.