diff --git a/lib/include/srsran/adt/bounded_bitset.h b/lib/include/srsran/adt/bounded_bitset.h
index 37226db90..3faa87c0c 100644
--- a/lib/include/srsran/adt/bounded_bitset.h
+++ b/lib/include/srsran/adt/bounded_bitset.h
@@ -27,28 +27,109 @@ constexpr uint32_t ceil_div(uint32_t x, uint32_t y)
 }
 
 template <typename Integer>
-Integer mask_trailing_ones(size_t N)
+Integer mask_msb_zeros(size_t N)
 {
   static_assert(std::is_unsigned<Integer>::value, "T must be unsigned integer");
-  return N == 0 ? 0 : (static_cast<Integer>(-1) >> (sizeof(Integer) * 8U - N));
+  return (N == 0) ? static_cast<Integer>(-1) : (N == sizeof(Integer) * 8U) ? 0 : (static_cast<Integer>(-1) >> (N));
 }
 
 template <typename Integer>
-Integer mask_leading_ones(size_t N)
+Integer mask_lsb_ones(size_t N)
 {
-  return ~mask_trailing_ones<Integer>(8U * sizeof(Integer) - N);
+  return mask_msb_zeros<Integer>(sizeof(Integer) * 8U - N);
 }
 
 template <typename Integer>
-Integer mask_trailing_zeros(size_t N)
+Integer mask_msb_ones(size_t N)
 {
-  return mask_leading_ones<Integer>(8U * sizeof(Integer) - N);
+  return ~mask_msb_zeros<Integer>(N);
 }
 
 template <typename Integer>
-Integer mask_leading_zeros(size_t N)
+Integer mask_lsb_zeros(size_t N)
 {
-  return mask_trailing_ones<Integer>(8U * sizeof(Integer) - N);
+  return ~mask_lsb_ones<Integer>(N);
+}
+
+namespace detail {
+
+template <typename Integer, size_t SizeOf>
+struct zerobit_counter {
+  static Integer msb_count(Integer value)
+  {
+    if (value == 0) {
+      return std::numeric_limits<Integer>::digits;
+    }
+    Integer ret = 0;
+    for (Integer shift = std::numeric_limits<Integer>::digits >> 1; shift != 0; shift >>= 1) {
+      Integer tmp = value >> shift;
+      if (tmp != 0) {
+        value = tmp;
+      } else {
+        ret |= shift;
+      }
+    }
+    return ret;
+  }
+  static Integer lsb_count(Integer value)
+  {
+    if (value == 0) {
+      return std::numeric_limits<Integer>::digits;
+    }
+    Integer ret = 0;
+    for (Integer shift = std::numeric_limits<Integer>::digits >> 1, mask = std::numeric_limits<Integer>::max() >> shift;
+         shift != 0;
+         shift >>= 1, mask >>= shift) {
+      if ((value & mask) == 0) {
+        value >>= shift;
+        ret |= shift;
+      }
+    }
+    return ret;
+  }
+};
+
+/// Specializations for unsigned
+template <typename Integer>
+struct zerobit_counter<Integer, sizeof(unsigned)> {
+  static Integer msb_count(Integer value)
+  {
+    return (value) ? __builtin_clz(value) : std::numeric_limits<Integer>::digits;
+  }
+  static Integer lsb_count(Integer value)
+  {
+    return (value) ? __builtin_ctz(value) : std::numeric_limits<Integer>::digits;
+  }
+};
+
+/// Specializations for unsigned long
+template <typename Integer>
+struct zerobit_counter<Integer, sizeof(unsigned long)> {
+  static Integer msb_count(Integer value)
+  {
+    return (value) ? __builtin_clzl(value) : std::numeric_limits<Integer>::digits;
+  }
+  static Integer lsb_count(Integer value)
+  {
+    return (value) ? __builtin_ctzl(value) : std::numeric_limits<Integer>::digits;
+  }
+};
+
+} // namespace detail
+
+/// uses lsb as zero position
+template <typename Integer>
+Integer find_first_msb_one(Integer value)
+{
+  return (value) ? (sizeof(Integer) * 8U - 1 - detail::zerobit_counter<Integer, sizeof(Integer)>::msb_count(value))
+                 : std::numeric_limits<Integer>::digits;
+}
+
+/// uses lsb as zero position
+template <typename Integer>
+Integer find_first_lsb_one(Integer value)
+{
+  return detail::zerobit_counter<Integer, sizeof(Integer)>::lsb_count(value);
 }
 
 template <size_t N, bool reversed = false>
@@ -139,35 +220,17 @@ public:
     return *this;
   }
 
-  int find_first(size_t startpos, size_t endpos, bool value = true) const noexcept
+  int find_lowest(size_t startpos, size_t endpos, bool value = true) const noexcept
   {
     assert_range_bounds_(startpos, endpos);
     if (startpos == endpos) {
       return -1;
     }
 
-    size_t startword = startpos / bits_per_word;
-    size_t lastword  = (endpos - 1) / bits_per_word;
-
-    for (size_t i = startword; i <= lastword; ++i) {
-      word_t w = buffer[i];
-      if (not value) {
-        w = ~w;
-      }
-
-      if (i == startword) {
-        size_t offset = startpos % bits_per_word;
-        w &= mask_trailing_zeros<word_t>(offset);
-      }
-      if (i == lastword) {
-        size_t offset = (endpos - 1) % bits_per_word;
-        w &= mask_trailing_ones<word_t>(offset + 1);
-      }
-      if (w != 0) {
-        return static_cast<int>(i * bits_per_word + (bits_per_word - __builtin_clzl(w) - 1));
-      }
+    if (not reversed) {
+      return find_first_(startpos, endpos, value);
     }
-    return -1;
+    return find_first_reversed_(startpos, endpos, value);
   }
 
   bool all() const noexcept
@@ -328,33 +391,35 @@ private:
     }
   }
 
-  bool test_(size_t pos) const noexcept
+  size_t get_bitidx_(size_t bitpos) const noexcept { return reversed ? size() - 1 - bitpos : bitpos; }
+
+  bool test_(size_t bitpos) const noexcept
   {
-    pos = reversed ? size() - 1 - pos : pos;
-    return ((get_word_(pos) & maskbit(pos)) != static_cast<word_t>(0));
+    bitpos = get_bitidx_(bitpos);
+    return ((get_word_(bitpos) & maskbit(bitpos)) != static_cast<word_t>(0));
   }
 
-  void set_(size_t pos) noexcept
+  void set_(size_t bitpos) noexcept
   {
-    pos = reversed ? size() - 1 - pos : pos;
-    get_word_(pos) |= maskbit(pos);
+    bitpos = get_bitidx_(bitpos);
+    get_word_(bitpos) |= maskbit(bitpos);
   }
 
-  void reset_(size_t pos) noexcept
+  void reset_(size_t bitpos) noexcept
   {
-    pos = reversed ? size() - 1 - pos : pos;
-    get_word_(pos) &= ~(maskbit(pos));
+    bitpos = get_bitidx_(bitpos);
+    get_word_(bitpos) &= ~(maskbit(bitpos));
   }
 
   size_t nof_words_() const noexcept { return size() > 0 ? (size() - 1) / bits_per_word + 1 : 0; }
 
-  word_t& get_word_(size_t pos) noexcept { return buffer[pos / bits_per_word]; }
+  word_t& get_word_(size_t bitidx) noexcept { return buffer[bitidx / bits_per_word]; }
 
-  const word_t& get_word_(size_t pos) const { return buffer[pos / bits_per_word]; }
+  const word_t& get_word_(size_t bitidx) const { return buffer[bitidx / bits_per_word]; }
 
   size_t word_idx_(size_t pos) const { return pos / bits_per_word; }
 
-  void assert_within_bounds_(size_t pos, bool strict) const
+  void assert_within_bounds_(size_t pos, bool strict) const noexcept
   {
     srsran_assert(pos < size() or (not strict and pos == size()),
                   "ERROR: index=%zd is out-of-bounds for bitset of size=%zd",
@@ -362,7 +427,7 @@ private:
                   size());
   }
 
-  void assert_range_bounds_(size_t startpos, size_t endpos) const
+  void assert_range_bounds_(size_t startpos, size_t endpos) const noexcept
   {
     srsran_assert(startpos <= endpos and endpos <= size(),
                   "ERROR: range [%zd, %zd) out-of-bounds for bitsize of size=%zd",
@@ -371,9 +436,89 @@ private:
                   size());
   }
 
-  static word_t maskbit(size_t pos) { return (static_cast<word_t>(1)) << (pos % bits_per_word); }
+  static word_t maskbit(size_t pos) noexcept { return (static_cast<word_t>(1)) << (pos % bits_per_word); }
 
-  static size_t max_nof_words_() { return (N - 1) / bits_per_word + 1; }
+  static size_t max_nof_words_() noexcept { return (N - 1) / bits_per_word + 1; }
+
+  int find_last_(size_t startpos, size_t endpos, bool value) const noexcept
+  {
+    size_t startword = startpos / bits_per_word;
+    size_t lastword  = (endpos - 1) / bits_per_word;
+
+    for (size_t i = lastword; i != startpos - 1; --i) {
+      word_t w = buffer[i];
+      if (not value) {
+        w = ~w;
+      }
+
+      if (i == startword) {
+        size_t offset = startpos % bits_per_word;
+        w &= (reversed) ? mask_msb_zeros<word_t>(offset) : mask_lsb_zeros<word_t>(offset);
+      }
+      if (i == lastword) {
+        size_t offset = (endpos - 1) % bits_per_word;
+        w &= (reversed) ? mask_msb_ones<word_t>(offset + 1) : mask_lsb_ones<word_t>(offset + 1);
+      }
+      if (w != 0) {
+        return static_cast<int>(i * bits_per_word + find_first_msb_one(w));
+      }
+    }
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  int find_first_(size_t startpos, size_t endpos, bool value) const noexcept
+  {
+    size_t startword = startpos / bits_per_word;
+    size_t lastword  = (endpos - 1) / bits_per_word;
+
+    for (size_t i = startword; i <= lastword; ++i) {
+      word_t w = buffer[i];
+      if (not value) {
+        w = ~w;
+      }
+
+      if (i == startword) {
+        size_t offset = startpos % bits_per_word;
+        w &= mask_lsb_zeros<word_t>(offset);
+      }
+      if (i == lastword) {
+        size_t offset = (endpos - 1) % bits_per_word;
+        w &= mask_lsb_ones<word_t>(offset + 1);
+      }
+      if (w != 0) {
+        return static_cast<int>(i * bits_per_word + find_first_lsb_one(w));
+      }
+    }
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  int find_first_reversed_(size_t startpos, size_t endpos, bool value) const noexcept
+  {
+    size_t startbitpos = get_bitidx_(startpos), lastbitpos = get_bitidx_(endpos - 1);
+    size_t startword = startbitpos / bits_per_word;
+    size_t lastword  = lastbitpos / bits_per_word;
+
+    for (size_t i = startword; i != lastword - 1; --i) {
+      word_t w = buffer[i];
+      if (not value) {
+        w = ~w;
+      }
+
+      if (i == startword) {
+        size_t offset = startbitpos % bits_per_word;
+        w &= mask_lsb_ones<word_t>(offset + 1);
+      }
+      if (i == lastword) {
+        size_t offset = lastbitpos % bits_per_word;
+        w &= mask_lsb_zeros<word_t>(offset);
+      }
+      if (w != 0) {
+        word_t pos = find_first_msb_one(w);
+        return static_cast<int>(size() - 1 - (pos + i * bits_per_word));
+      }
+    }
+    return -1;
+  }
 };
 
 template <size_t N, bool reversed>
diff --git a/lib/test/adt/bounded_bitset_test.cc b/lib/test/adt/bounded_bitset_test.cc
index 2790880ee..4034e334f 100644
--- a/lib/test/adt/bounded_bitset_test.cc
+++ b/lib/test/adt/bounded_bitset_test.cc
@@ -15,10 +15,35 @@
 
 void test_bit_operations()
 {
-  TESTASSERT(0 == srsran::mask_trailing_ones<uint32_t>(0));
-  TESTASSERT(0b11 == srsran::mask_trailing_ones<uint32_t>(2));
-  TESTASSERT(0b11111111 == srsran::mask_trailing_ones<uint8_t>(8));
-  TESTASSERT(0b1111 == srsran::mask_trailing_ones<uint8_t>(4));
+  TESTASSERT(0 == srsran::mask_lsb_ones<uint8_t>(0));
+  TESTASSERT(0 == srsran::mask_msb_ones<uint8_t>(0));
+  TESTASSERT(0 == srsran::mask_lsb_ones<uint32_t>(0));
+  TESTASSERT(0 == srsran::mask_msb_ones<uint32_t>(0));
+  TESTASSERT(0b11111111 == srsran::mask_lsb_zeros<uint8_t>(0));
+  TESTASSERT(0b11111111 == srsran::mask_msb_zeros<uint8_t>(0));
+  TESTASSERT((uint32_t)-1 == srsran::mask_lsb_zeros<uint32_t>(0));
+  TESTASSERT((uint32_t)-1 == srsran::mask_msb_zeros<uint32_t>(0));
+
+  TESTASSERT(0b11 == srsran::mask_lsb_ones<uint8_t>(2));
+  TESTASSERT(0b11000000 == srsran::mask_msb_ones<uint8_t>(2));
+  TESTASSERT(0b11111100 == srsran::mask_lsb_zeros<uint8_t>(2));
+  TESTASSERT(0b00111111 == srsran::mask_msb_zeros<uint8_t>(2));
+
+  TESTASSERT(0b11111111 == srsran::mask_lsb_ones<uint8_t>(8));
+  TESTASSERT(0b1111 == srsran::mask_lsb_ones<uint8_t>(4));
+
+  TESTASSERT(srsran::find_first_lsb_one<uint8_t>(0) == std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::digits);
+  TESTASSERT(srsran::find_first_msb_one<uint8_t>(0) == std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::digits);
+  TESTASSERT(srsran::find_first_lsb_one<uint8_t>(1) == 0);
+  TESTASSERT(srsran::find_first_msb_one<uint8_t>(1) == 0);
+  TESTASSERT(srsran::find_first_lsb_one<uint8_t>(0b11) == 0);
+  TESTASSERT(srsran::find_first_lsb_one<uint8_t>(0b10) == 1);
+  TESTASSERT(srsran::find_first_msb_one<uint8_t>(0b11) == 1);
+  TESTASSERT(srsran::find_first_msb_one<uint8_t>(0b10) == 1);
+  TESTASSERT(srsran::find_first_lsb_one<uint32_t>(0b11) == 0);
+  TESTASSERT(srsran::find_first_lsb_one<uint32_t>(0b10) == 1);
+  TESTASSERT(srsran::find_first_msb_one<uint32_t>(0b11) == 1);
+  TESTASSERT(srsran::find_first_msb_one<uint32_t>(0b10) == 1);
 }
 
 int test_zero_bitset()
@@ -184,21 +209,63 @@ int test_bitset_resize()
   return SRSRAN_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+template <bool reversed>
 void test_bitset_find()
 {
   {
-    srsran::bounded_bitset<25> bitset(6);
+    srsran::bounded_bitset<25, reversed> bitset(6);
+
+    // 0b000000
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(0, bitset.size(), false) == 0);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(0, bitset.size(), true) == -1);
+
+    // 0b000100
     bitset.set(2);
-    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_first(0, 6) == 2);
-    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_first(3, 6) == -1);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(0, 6) == 2);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(0, 6, false) == 0);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(3, 6) == -1);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(3, 6, false) == 3);
+
+    // 0b000101
+    bitset.set(0);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(0, 6) == 0);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(0, 6, false) == 1);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(3, 6) == -1);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(3, 6, false) == 3);
+
+    // 0b100101
     bitset.set(5);
-    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_first(3, 6) == 5);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(0, 6) == 0);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(0, 6, false) == 1);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(3, 6) == 5);
+
+    // 0b111111
+    bitset.fill(0, 6);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(0, 6) == 0);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(0, 6, false) == -1);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(3, 6, false) == -1);
   }
   {
-    srsran::bounded_bitset<100> bitset(95);
+    srsran::bounded_bitset<100, reversed> bitset(95);
+
+    // 0b0...0
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(0, bitset.size()) == -1);
+
+    // 0b1000...
     bitset.set(94);
-    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_first(0, 93) == -1);
-    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_first(0, bitset.size()) == 94);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(0, 93) == -1);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(0, bitset.size()) == 94);
+
+    // 0b1000...010
+    bitset.set(1);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(0, bitset.size()) == 1);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(1, bitset.size()) == 1);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(2, bitset.size()) == 94);
+
+    // 0b11..11
+    bitset.fill(0, bitset.size());
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(0, bitset.size()) == 0);
+    TESTASSERT(bitset.find_lowest(5, bitset.size()) == 5);
   }
 }
 
@@ -211,7 +278,8 @@ int main()
   TESTASSERT(test_bitset_bitwise_oper() == SRSRAN_SUCCESS);
   TESTASSERT(test_bitset_print() == SRSRAN_SUCCESS);
   TESTASSERT(test_bitset_resize() == SRSRAN_SUCCESS);
-  test_bitset_find();
+  test_bitset_find<false>();
+  test_bitset_find<true>();
   printf("Success\n");
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/srsenb/src/stack/mac/schedulers/sched_base.cc b/srsenb/src/stack/mac/schedulers/sched_base.cc
index 96edc0014..123eccf8f 100644
--- a/srsenb/src/stack/mac/schedulers/sched_base.cc
+++ b/srsenb/src/stack/mac/schedulers/sched_base.cc
@@ -23,22 +23,25 @@ template <typename RBMask,
               typename std::conditional<std::is_same<RBMask, prbmask_t>::value, prb_interval, rbg_interval>::type>
 RBInterval find_contiguous_interval(const RBMask& in_mask, uint32_t max_size)
 {
-  RBInterval interv, max_interv;
+  RBInterval max_interv;
 
-  for (uint32_t n = 0; n < in_mask.size() and interv.length() < max_size; n++) {
-    if (not in_mask.test(n) and interv.empty()) {
-      // new interval
-      interv.set(n, n + 1);
-    } else if (not in_mask.test(n)) {
-      // extend current interval
-      interv.resize_by(1);
-    } else if (not interv.empty()) {
-      // reset interval
-      max_interv = interv.length() > max_interv.length() ? interv : max_interv;
-      interv     = {};
+  for (size_t n = 0; n < in_mask.size(); n++) {
+    int pos = in_mask.find_lowest(n, in_mask.size(), false);
+    if (pos < 0) {
+      break;
+    }
+
+    size_t     max_pos = std::min(in_mask.size(), (size_t)pos + max_size);
+    int        pos2    = in_mask.find_lowest(pos, max_pos, true);
+    RBInterval interv(pos, pos2 < 0 ? max_pos : pos2);
+    if (interv.length() >= max_size) {
+      return interv;
+    }
+    if (interv.length() > max_interv.length()) {
+      max_interv = interv;
     }
   }
-  return interv.length() > max_interv.length() ? interv : max_interv;
+  return max_interv;
 }
 
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