System and methods for MAC layer scheduling in wireless communication networks

In one example embodiment, a network control node includes a memory having computer-readable instruction stored therein, and a processor. The processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to identify a plurality of schedulable user equipment (UE), each of the plurality of schedulable UEs having a corresponding priority value, determine whether to compute a new priority value for each of the plurality of schedulable UEs, assign a resource block to one of the plurality of schedulable user equipment based on the determining, and inform the one of the plurality of schedulable user equipment of the assigned resource block, to be used for data transmission.