Patent ID: 8483737

Claim:
A method in a first node for allocating resource blocks to each of one or more second nodes within a wireless communication network, each second node adapted to wirelessly communicate with the first node by sending data within the resource blocks allocated to that second node, wherein the method comprises: generating a number of candidate Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio (SINR) target values based on a total number of resource blocks available for allocation to the one or more second nodes; estimating, for each second node, a received signal power of the respective second node based on measurements made on a signal received from the respective second node; computing, for each second node and for each candidate SINR target value, a candidate number of resource blocks allocable to the second node, based on the estimated received signal power of the respective second node; selecting an SINR target value from the candidate SINR target values; and for each second node, allocating, to the respective second node, the candidate number of resource blocks computed for the respective second node and the selected SINR target value.