Resource Control for Hybrid Code and Time Division Scheduling Wireless Systems

We present a model, based on economic theory, for efficient and robust resource control in hybrid code and time division scheduling wireless systems. An important and novel feature of the model is that it captures the combined effects of the transmission rate, the signal quality, and the percentage of time slots a user can transmit in, on the overall efficiency of the wireless system. Based on this model, we propose procedures for combined rate and time slot allocation to achieve efficient utilization of wireless resources, while taking into account user requirements. These procedures can be applied using a class-based framework that allows simple implementation and requires simple communication between the network and its users, which select a service class reflecting their valuation for the average throughput and for the percentage of time slots in which they can transmit data.