Patent ID: 7885215

Claim:
Apparatus for a first communication station operable to communicate data in a communication scheme that provides for mobile allocation index offset, said apparatus comprising: an analyzer adapted to receive an indication of a characteristic of the data that is to be communicated by the first communication station, said analyzer configured to analyze communication requirements required for communication of the data so that the data can be transmitted in a series of time division multiple access (TDMA) frames and to determine needed resources in a manner that permits dynamic resource allocation; a resource allocator adapted to receive an indication of the analysis made by said analyzer, said resource allocator configured to allocate resources defined in terms of mobile allocation index offsets as a function of both resource availability and communication-station compatibility such that, for any time period within a TDMA frame, resources are allocated upon a single one of the mobile allocation index offsets; and an allocation message generator adapted to receive an indication of the allocation made by said resource allocator, said allocation message generator configured to generate an allocation message identifying the allocation made by said resource allocator.