Patent ID: 7903627

Claim:
A method of operating a base station for generating a burst in a communication system, the method comprising: estimating a first packet data unit (PDU) allocable according to scheduling priority; generating a first burst in which the first PDU is to be included; and determining whether a total size of bursts to be allocated to a downlink subframe including the generated first burst is less than a maximum size of bursts allocable to the downlink subframe, wherein the generating the first burst comprises: determining whether there is at least one second burst having the same Modulation & Coding Scheme (MCS) level as that of the first PDU and generating a first burst in which the first PDU is to be included based at least partly upon the determination; when there is no second burst, comparing a size of the first PDU with a first mobile station maximum byte (MM) value indicative of the maximum number of bytes per frame decodable by a terminal scheduled to receive the first PDU; and when the size of the first PDU is less than the first MM value, generating the first burst with the first PDU.