Scheduling communication in a wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020351908-A1
Application number	US-202016934723-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 21, 2020
Priority date	Nov 12, 2010
Publication date	Nov 5, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A network device, based on received location from a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE may determine that the first UE and the second UE are in proximity to each other. Based on the proximity determination, the network device may provide at least one of the first and second UE uplink LTE resources for transmission, wherein the transmission is associated with a group of UEs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A network device comprising:
a transceiver; and a processor operationally coupled to the transceiver; wherein the processor is configured to: receive, via the transceiver, a communication from a first user equipment (UE) indicating a location of the first UE, wherein based on the location of the first UE, a determination is made that the first UE and a second UE are in proximity to each other; and transmit, via the transceiver, scheduling information to the first UE indicating resources for the first UE to transmit, wherein the first UE transmits using the indicated resources in a time interval and the second UE receives in the time interval based on the transmitted scheduling information.

2 . The network device of claim 1 , wherein the first UE and the second UE are in a same cell.

3 . The network device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit, via the transceiver, second scheduling information to the second UE indicating second resources for the second UE to transmit, wherein the second UE transmits using the second resources in a time interval and the first UE receives in the time interval based on the transmitted second scheduling information.

4 . The network device of claim 1 , wherein the second UE is in a cell of a different network device.

5 . The network device of claim 1 , wherein the first UE and the second UE are at cell edges of their respective cells.

6 . The network device of claim 1 , wherein the first UE is in a cell of the network device and the second UE is not in the cell.

7 . The network device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform scheduling on a time slot basis.

8 . The network device of claim 1 , wherein the indicated resources are LTE resources.

9 . A method comprising:
receiving, by a network device, a communication from a first user equipment (UE) indicating a location of the first UE: determining, based on the location of the first UE, that the first UE and a second UE are in proximity to each other; and transmitting, by the network device, scheduling information to the first UE indicating resources for the first UE to transmit, wherein the first UE transmits using the indicated resources in a time interval, wherein the second UE receives in the time interval based on the transmitted scheduling information.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the first UE and the second UE are in a same cell.

11 . The method of claim 9 further comprising: transmitting, by the network device, second scheduling information to the second UE indicating second resources for the second UE to transmit, wherein the second UE transmits using the second resources in a time interval and the first UE receives in the time interval based on the transmitted second scheduling information.

12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the second UE is in a cell of a different network device.

13 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the first UE and the second UE are at cell edges of their respective cells.

14 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the first UE is in a cell of the network device and the second UE is not in the cell.

15 . The method of claim 9 further comprising: scheduling, by the network device, on a time slot basis.

16 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the indicated resources are LTE resources.

17 . A first user equipment (UE) comprising:
a transceiver; and a processor operationally coupled to the transceiver; wherein the processor is configured to: transmit, via the transceiver to a network device, a communication indicating a location of the first UE, wherein based on the location of the first UE, a determination is made that the first UE and a second UE are in proximity to each other; and receive, from the network device via the transceiver, scheduling information indicating resources for the first UE to transmit, wherein the first UE transmits using the indicated resources in a time interval and the second UE receives in the time interval based on the transmitted scheduling information.

18 . The first UE of claim 17 , wherein the first UE and the second UE are in a same cell.

19 . The first UE of claim 17 , wherein the first UE is in a cell of the network device and the second UE is not in the cell.

20 . The first UE of claim 17 , wherein the indicated resources are LTE resources.

Assignees

• Intellectual Ventures Holding 81 Llc

Inventors

• Wilkinson Timothy
• Speight Timothy James

Classifications

• H04W72/54 Primary

  based on quality criteria · CPC title

• H04W72/542 Primary

  using measured or perceived quality · CPC title

• H04W72/541

  using the level of interference · CPC title

• H04L5/16 Primary

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

• H04W72/1268

  of uplink data flows · CPC title