Method and device for coordinated scheduling

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9800299-B2
Application number	US-201013386425-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2010
Priority date	Sep 29, 2009
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed in the present invention is a coordinated scheduling method which includes that: a base station establishes the correspondences between sub-bands and spatial information, and communicates the correspondences between sub-bands and spatial information with the base station of a cooperative cell ( 301 ); said base station implements coordinated scheduling with the base station of said cooperative cell according to the correspondences between sub-bands and spatial information ( 302 ). The present invention implements that less scheduling information is transmitted via an X2 interface, and thus promotes the application of the CBF solution in an actual system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for coordinated scheduling, comprising:
establishing, by a first base station, correspondences between sub-bands and spatial information, and communicating, by the first base station, the correspondences between sub-bands and spatial information with a base station of a cooperative cell;
obtaining, by the first base station, scheduling sub-band which suffers strong interference from said cooperative cell, according to the correspondences between sub-bands and spatial information;
preventing, by the first base station, implementing scheduling on said scheduling sub-band which suffers strong interference from said cooperative cell;
wherein, establishing, by the first base station, the correspondences between sub-bands and spatial information, comprising:
grouping, by the first base station, user equipments in serving cell, user equipments in same group being corresponding to same/similar spatial information;
establishing, by the first base station, the correspondences between sub-bands and groups of user equipments, thereby establishing the correspondences between sub-bands and spatial information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, said user equipments in same group being corresponding to same/similar spatial information, is:
user equipments in same group being corresponding to same/similar precoding matrix indicator (PMI), same/similar worst precoding matrix indicator (WPI) of same cooperative cell, same/similar best precoding matrix indicator (BPI) of same cooperative cell, or direction information.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein, before grouping, by the first base station, the user equipments in serving cell, further comprising:
receiving, by the first base station, PMI that user equipment in serving cell chooses according to the channel from the first base station, to said user equipment and reports, and WPI or BPI that user equipment in serving cell chooses according to the channel from the base station of said cooperative cell to said user equipment and reports.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein, before grouping, by the first base station, the user equipments in serving cell, further comprising:
receiving, by the first base station, the channel sounding reference signal reported by user equipment, to get the channel information and direction information of the user equipment.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein, preventing, by the first base station, implementing scheduling on said scheduling sub-band which suffers strong interference from said cooperative cell, comprising:
when the WPI reported by user equipment in serving cell is same as or similar to the PMI sent by the base station of said cooperative cell, preventing, by the first base station, scheduling this user equipment on the sub-band corresponding to this WPI; or,
when the PMI reported by user equipment in serving cell is same as or similar to the WPI sent by the base station of said cooperative cell, preventing, by the first base station, scheduling this user equipment on sub-band of this PMI.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein, preventing, by the first base station, implementing scheduling on said scheduling sub-band which suffers strong interference from said cooperative cell, comprising:
obtaining, by the first base station, information of direction which suffers strong interference from said cooperative cell according to direction information of user equipments in serving cell and direction information sent by the base station of said cooperative cell;
preventing, by the first base station, implementing scheduling on the obtained direction.

7. A device for coordinated scheduling, comprising:
a correspondence establishing module, used for establishing correspondences between sub-bands and spatial information, and communicating the correspondences between sub-bands and spatial information between a first base station and a base station of a cooperative cell;
a scheduling module, comprising:
a sub-band obtaining submodule, used for obtaining scheduling sub-band which suffers strong interference from said cooperative cell, according to the correspondences between sub-bands and spatial information;
a scheduling submodule, used for preventing implementing scheduling on said scheduling sub-band which suffers strong interference from said cooperative cell;
wherein, said correspondence establishing module comprises:
a grouping submodule, used for grouping user equipments in serving cell, user equipments in same group being corresponding to same/similar spatial information;
an establishing submodule, used for establishing the correspondences between sub-bands and groups of user equipments, thereby establishing the correspondences between sub-bands and spatial information.

8. The device according to claim 7 , wherein, further comprising:
a receiving module, used for receiving PMI that user equipment in serving cell chooses according to the channel from the first base station to said user equipment and reports, and WPI or BPI that user equipment in serving cell chooses according to the channel from the base station of said cooperative cell to said user equipment and reports.

9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein, said receiving module is further used for:
receiving the channel sounding reference signal reported by user equipment, to get the channel information and direction information of the user equipment.

10. The device according to claim 8 , wherein, said scheduling module is specifically used for:
when the WPI reported by user equipment in serving cell is same as or similar to the PMI sent by the base station of said cooperative cell, preventing scheduling this user equipment on the sub-band corresponding to this WPI; or,
when the PMI reported by user equipment in serving cell is same as or similar to the WPI sent by the base station of said cooperative cell, preventing scheduling this user equipment on sub-band of this PMI.

11. The device according to claim 9 , wherein, said scheduling module is specifically used for:
obtaining direction which suffers strong interference from said cooperative cell, according to direction information of user equipments in serving cell and direction information sent by the base station of said cooperative cell;
preventing implementing scheduling on the obtained direction.

12. A method for coordinated scheduling, comprising:
establishing, by a first base station, correspondences between sub-bands and spatial information, and communicating, by the first base station, the correspondences between sub-bands and spatial information with a base station of a cooperative cell;
obtaining, by the first base station, scheduling sub-band which suffers strong interference from said cooperative cell, according to the correspondences between sub-bands and spatial information;
preventing, by the first base station, implementing scheduling on said scheduling sub-band which suffers strong interference from said cooperative cell;
wherein the correspondences between sub-bands and spatial information are correspondences between sub-bands and groups of user equipments, and user equipments in same group are corresponding to same/similar PMI, WPI, best precoding matrix indicator (BPI), or direction information.

Assignees

• Gao Qiubin
• Miao Deshan
• He Hao
• Sun Shaohui
• Peng Ying
• China Academy Telecommunications Technology

Inventors

• Gao Qiubin
• Miao Deshan
• He Hao
• Sun Shaohui
• Peng Ying

Classifications

• H04W72/12

  Wireless traffic scheduling · CPC title

• H04W72/54

  based on quality criteria · CPC title

• H04B7/026 Primary

  Co-operative diversity, e.g. using fixed or mobile stations as relays · CPC title

• H04W92/20

  between access points · CPC title

• H04B7/0639

  Using selective indices, e.g. of a codebook, e.g. pre-distortion matrix index [PMI] or for beam selection · CPC title