Fuzzy logic scheduler for radio resource management

1. A method, comprising:

associating, using a scheduling module, each of a plurality of mobile units with one of a plurality of scheduling states based on at least one radio resource parameter and at least one fuzzy rule by associating the mobile units with at least one value of at least one variable based on said at least one fuzzy rule and said at least one radio resource parameter, determining at least one membership function associated with said at least one value of said at least one variable based on said at least one fuzzy rule and said at least one radio resource parameter, and determining at least one membership function associated with at least one candidate scheduling sate based on said at least one membership function associated with said at least one value of said at least one variable, and wherein east of the plurality of scheduling states indicates a different priority for scheduling;

associating, using the scheduling module, each mobile unit with one of a plurality of allocation sates based on the scheduling states associated with the mobile units, each of the plurality of allocation states indicating a likelihood that a portion of at least one radio resource will be allocated to each mobile unit; and

allocating, using the scheduling module, said at least one radio resource to at least one mobile unit based on the allocation states.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein associating each mobile unit with one of the plurality of scheduling states based on said at least one radio resource parameter comprises associating the mobile units with the scheduling states using at least one fuzzy rule that relates the plurality of scheduling states to at least one of a transmission power, a number of channel codes, a number of time slots, a modulation/coding set, and a quality of service parameter associated with each mobile unit.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein associating each mobile unit with one of the plurality of scheduling states using said at least one fuzzy rule that relates the plurality of scheduling states to at least one quality of service parameter associated with each mobile unit comprises associating each mobile unit with a scheduling state at least one of a traffic class, a peak transmission rate, a maximum latency, a maximum packet loss rate, a delay sensitivity, an end-to-end delay, an inter-user quality of service parameter, and an intra-user quality of service parameter.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein associating each mobile unit with one of the plurality of scheduling states comprises selecting the scheduling states from said at least one candidate scheduling state based on said at least one membership function associated with said at least one candidate scheduling state.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein associating the mobile units with one of the plurality allocation states comprises associating the mobile units with said at least one allocation state using a priority-judging algorithm.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein associating the mobile units with one of the plurality of allocation states comprises applying the priority-judging algorithm to the plurality of scheduling states associated with the mobile units.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein associating the mobile units with said one of the plurality allocation states comprises associating the mobile units with said at least one allocation state based on availability of said radio resource.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein allocating said at least one radio resource comprises allocating said at least one radio resource to at least one mobile unit associated with the allocation state the indicates the highest likelihood that said radio resource will be allocated to said at least one mobile unit.

9. The method of claim 1 , comprising modifying the allocation state associated with the mobile units following allocation of said at least one radio resources to said at least one mobile unit.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein allocating said radio resource comprises allocating said radio resource to at least one mobile unit when the modified value of the allocation state associated with the mobile unit indicates the highest likelihood that said at least one radio resource will be allocated to said at least one mobile unit.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein modifying the allocation state associated with the mobile units comprises changing the allocation state associated with mobile units that were not allocated said at least one radio resource to an allocation state that indicates a higher likelihood that said at least one radio resource will be allocated to the mobile unit.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein modifying the allocation state associated with the mobile units comprises changing the allocation state associated with mobile units that were allocated said at least one radio resource to an allocation state that indicates the lowest likelihood that said at least one radio resource will be allocated to the mobile unit.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein associating each of the plurality of mobile units with one of a plurality of scheduling states comprises associating each of the plurality of mobile units with at least one of an active state, a dormant state, or a null state.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein associating each of the plurality of mobile units with one of a plurality of allocation states comprises associating each of the plurality of mobile units with at least one of an allocation state, a waiting state; and a reject state.