Patent ID: 8559455

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for allocating access to a base station in a wireless network, comprising: receiving, at the base station, an identification and request for transmission access from a wireless computing device; determining a level of efficiency for data communications between the base station and the wireless computing device; selecting a descriptor for the level of efficiency, from among at least three predetermined descriptors that identify discrete efficiency classifications across a range of efficiencies, each of the at least three predetermined descriptors being associated with a different amount of bandwidth; determining, for each of the at least three predetermined descriptors, a number of wireless computing devices for which the predetermined descriptor is selected; setting the amounts of bandwidth associated with the at least three predetermined descriptors based on the numbers of wireless computing devices for which the respective at least three predetermined descriptors are selected; selecting the amount of bandwidth associated with the selected descriptor as a share of bandwidth for communication between the base station and the wireless computing device, where a higher share of bandwidth is selected for a given wireless computing device having a higher determined level of efficiency; and communicating electronically with the wireless computing device using at least the selected share of bandwidth.