Slot allocation apparatus and slot allocation method

摘要

A slot allocation apparatus for allocating slots in communicating with plural mobile stations in accordance with FDD/TDD scheme includes (a) traffic property detecting apparatus for detecting a property of input traffic; (b) slot allocation priority determining apparatus for determining which of an uplink and a downlink should be given a higher priority for the slot allocation, based on a priority of the traffic derived from the detected property of the input traffic; and (c) slot allocating apparatus for allocating the uplink and downlink slots for the mobile stations, based on the determination result.