Scheduling communication in a wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10237884-B2
Application number	US-201715728089-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2017
Priority date	Nov 12, 2010
Publication date	Mar 19, 2019
Grant date	Mar 19, 2019

Abstract

A network device may receive a communication having a geographic position of a user equipment (UE) in a cell based on satellite information. A network device may send information on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) resources in a time slot. The OFDM resources may be scheduled based on the UE and another UE being part of a group and a probability of interference between the UE and another UE being located outside close proximity of the geographic position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A network device comprising:
a transceiver;
a processor electrically coupled to the transceiver;
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive, via the transceiver, a communication having a geographic position of a first user equipment (UE) in a cell based on satellite information;
send information on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) resources in a time slot, wherein the OFDM resources are scheduled based on the first UE and a second UE being part of a group and based on a probability of interference between the first UE and the second UE when the second UE is located outside a distance from the geographic position; and
wherein the second UE is scheduled to transmit information in the time slot.

2. The network device of claim 1 , wherein the group is scheduled the same uplink or downlink resources.

3. The network device of claim 1 , wherein the geographic position is near a cell edge or a cell boundary.

4. The network device of claim 1 , wherein the OFDM resources are scheduled based on potential transmission power of the second UE.

5. The network device of claim 1 , wherein the time slot includes a timing advance.

6. A method performed by a network device, the method comprising:
receiving, by the network device, a communication having a geographic position of a first user equipment (UE) in a cell based on satellite information;
sending, by the network device, information on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) resources in a time slot, wherein the OFDM resources are scheduled based on the first UE and a second UE being part of a group and based on a probability of interference between the first UE and the second UE when the second UE is located outside a distance from the geographic position; and
wherein the second UE is scheduled to transmit information in the time slot.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the group is scheduled the same uplink or downlink resources.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the geographic position is near a cell edge or a cell boundary.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the OFDM resources are scheduled based on potential transmission power of the second UE.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the time slot includes a timing advance.

Assignees

• Intellectual Ventures Holding 81 Llc

Inventors

• Wilkinson Timothy
• Speight Timothy James

Classifications

• H04W72/54 Primary

  based on quality criteria · CPC title

• H04W72/541

  using the level of interference · CPC title

• H04W72/542 Primary

  using measured or perceived quality · CPC title

• H04L5/16 Primary

  Half-duplex systems; Simplex/duplex switching; Transmission of break signals {non-automatically inverting the direction of transmission} · CPC title

• H04W88/02

  Terminal devices · CPC title