Abstract: A method for reducing outages in a cooperative network comprising measuring a channel gain for each of a plurality of received signals one of the received signals comprising a source signal, executing an algorithm utilizing the channel gain of the source signal and at least one other of the plurality of channel gains to determine a source transmit power value, and transmitting the source transmit power value to the source.

Abstract: A system comprises a base station, a plurality of mobile stations, and a packet scheduling algorithm that operates on the base station. The packet scheduling algorithm groups the plurality of mobile stations into a plurality of groups based on average throughput with the base station. The packet scheduling algorithm selects one of the plurality of groups for applying a scheduling metric.

Abstract: Benchmarks for the price of a financial instrument such as FX spot rate for a currency pair are calculated by an algorithm based on a previous benchmark and a market price. The market price is derived from a deal price and a quote price. The deal price is based on deals conducted since the last benchmark and the quote price is based on bids and offers entered since the last benchmark. For each of the deal and quote prices, a price, weight and scatter is calculated which is used to calculate a benchmark price, weight and scatter and a benchmark error.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for optimizing wireless communications channels by employing multi-channel modulation techniques in wireless communication systems is disclosed. The wireless communications channel may comprise tones, and data may be allocated differently among the different tones according to the channel characterization measurements. In one embodiment, a method may include: transmitting data over a wireless channel using a first station (e.g., an access point), receiving the data using a second station, performing calculations on the received data, and allocating subsequent data transmissions among the tones according to the calculations. Other embodiments may utilize superfluous data transmissions—for example, data coming from the access point that is intended for other stations—in order to calculate channel characterization. Preferably, any portion of the transmitted data (e.g., preamble, header, data, etc.) may be used to calculate channel characterization.