Transmission format selection for optimizing transmission of delay sensitive traffic

摘要

A method, scheduler, and processor program product for scheduling transmission of packets from a base station to a mobile station. A data rate control index is received from a mobile station. A transmission format is selected using the received data rate control index. The selected transmission format uses a payload size that is smaller than a largest compatible payload size for another transmission format corresponding to the received data rate control index and that is smaller than a total size of packets waiting to be transmitted.

主权项

1. A method performed by a mobile station for optimized reception of packets, the method comprising:
sending a data rate control index from the mobile station to a network, the data rate control index indicating a first transmission format that has a nominal transmit duration in a first number of timeslots and corresponds to a first spectral efficiency; and receiving packets at the mobile station from the network using a second transmission format; wherein the second transmission format is selected by the network based upon the data rate control index, and the second transmission format includes an indicator indicating a number of timeslots expected to be used to transmit the packets to the mobile station, the number of timeslots being smaller than the first number of timeslots to have a spectral efficiency greater than the first spectral efficiency that corresponds to the first transmission format.