Patent ID: 8761108

Claim:
A radio resource management apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a memory, the memory configured to store data for transmission, the data being associated with a user equipment, UE; a processor in communication with the memory, the processor configured to: estimate a channel quality; determine a first modulation and coding scheme, MCS, based at least in part on the estimated channel quality; determine an initial number of scheduling blocks, SBs, required to transmit the stored data based at least in part on the first MCS; determine a first number of SBs, the first number of SBs being a minimum of the initial number of SBs and available number of SBs; set a current number of SBs to the first number of SBs in response to determining the first number of SBs; calculate a link quality based at least in part on a channel condition associated with the first number of SBs; determine a second MCS based at least in part on the calculated link quality; and set a current MCS to the second MCS in response to determining the second MCS, the stored data being scheduled for transmission based at least in part on the current MCS and current number of SBs.