Apparatus and method for proportional fair scheduling for multicast service in a communication system

摘要

An apparatus and method for Proportional Fair (PF) scheduling for multicast services in a communication system are provided. In the PF scheduling method, a multicast PF metric is calculated over every AMC level provided by the system using the channel status information and average data rates of MSs, and an AMC level maximizing the multicast PF metric is selected as a multicast service rate.