Method and apparatus for a scheduler for a macro-diversity portion of a transmission

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8526366
APP PUB NO 20110286435A1
SERIAL NO

13043193

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A method, apparatuses, and system of broadcasting content data in a macro-diversity region of a data frame includes receiving a stream of transport packets. Selecting at least one burst size, from amongst a set of a plurality of predetermined burst sizes. Allocating one or more data bursts with the selected burst size to the macro-diversity region of the data frame, each data burst comprising at least a portion of the received transport packets and wherein the at least one burst size is selected so as to minimize a number of data bursts allocated to the macro-diversity region. Then communicating the allocation of data bursts to a transmitter that includes the allocation of data bursts in the macro-diversity region of a data frame transmitted by the transmitter.

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  • WI-LAN INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Connors, Dennis P San Diego, US 33 787
Govind, Keerthi S San Diego, US 14 304
Ju, Huei-Jiun San Diego, US 4 16
Zahedi, Sina San Diego, US 14 154

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