Patent ID: 7623584

Claim:
A method suitable for use in allocating information bits and power among user modems and frequency bins in a multi-carrier binder, said method comprising: calculating a set of incremental power values for increases in bit count for a set of all frequency bins in a multi-carrier binder; determining a least incremental power value in the set of incremental power values; identifying as a least-incremental-power-bit frequency bin a frequency bin having the least incremental power value, the least-incremental-power-bit frequency bin having a corresponding bit count, the least-incremental-power-bit frequency bin corresponding to a selected user; increasing the bit count in the least-incremental-power-bit frequency bin in response to identifying, wherein the increasing the bit count includes setting a flag indicating a full frequency bin when the increased bit count exceeds a pre-established maximum bit-count value; calculating power values for other non-selected users within the multi-carrier binder in response to increasing the bit count; and repeating the increasing, including the setting a flag, and calculating power values for other non-selected users until a predefined criterion has been satisfied.