Scheduling wireless communication power resources in wireless communication systems
View Patent ↗A method of operating a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes receiving power status information for resource blocks of a plurality of wireless links, where the resource blocks comprise frequency apportioned timeslots used for exchanging wireless communications between wireless access nodes and user devices. The method also includes processing the power status information to identify ones of the resource blocks which exceed a power threshold, determining scheduling instructions for the resource blocks to reduce the power status information for the ones of the resource blocks to below the power threshold, and transferring the scheduling instructions to at least a first wireless access node for controlling a first wireless link based on the scheduling instructions.
1. A method of operating a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving power status information for resource blocks of a plurality of wireless links, wherein the resource blocks comprise frequency apportioned timeslots used for exchanging wireless communications between wireless access nodes and user devices;
processing the power status information to identify hot ones of the resource blocks which exceed a power threshold;
determining scheduling instructions for the resource blocks to reduce the power status information for the hot ones of the resource blocks to below the power threshold by at least identifying donor ones of the resource blocks to offset excessive power of the hot ones of the resource blocks; and
transferring the scheduling instructions to at least a first wireless access node for controlling a first wireless link based on the scheduling instructions.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the power status information for each of the donor ones of the resource blocks indicates power usage below the power threshold.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the donor ones of the resource blocks comprises identifying individual user devices associated with the donor ones of the resource blocks to receive a reduced usage priority for the donor ones of the resource blocks.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining scheduling instructions for the resource blocks comprises identifying donor scheduling instructions for the donor user devices to establish an aggregate power usage below the power threshold for each of the resource blocks, wherein the aggregate power usage is determined across the hot ones of the resource blocks and the donor ones of the resource blocks.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of wireless links are employed across at least two different wireless coverage areas, and wherein determining the scheduling instructions for the resource blocks comprises determining the scheduling instructions across the resource blocks of the plurality of wireless links.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the at least two different wireless coverage areas are selected from at least one of different sectors, different cities, and different markets.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the resource blocks comprise cyclically repeated frequency apportioned timeslots used for exchanging the wireless communications between the wireless access nodes and the user devices.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the power status information comprises average detected power for individual ones of the resource blocks during a first quantity of the cyclically repeated frequency apportioned timeslots.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the power status information comprises instantaneous detected power for each of the resource blocks.
10. A wireless communication system, comprising:
a power monitor system configured to receive power status information for resource blocks of a plurality of wireless links, wherein the resource blocks comprise frequency apportioned timeslots used for exchanging wireless communications between wireless access nodes and user devices;
a resource scheduling system configured to process the power status information to identify hot ones of the resource blocks which exceed a power threshold;
the resource scheduling system configured to determine scheduling instructions for the resource blocks to reduce the power status information for the hot ones of the resource blocks to below the power threshold by at least identifying donor ones of the resource blocks to offset excessive power of the hot ones of the resource blocks; and
the resource scheduling system configured to transfer the scheduling instructions to at least a first wireless access node for controlling a first wireless link based on the scheduling instructions.
11. The wireless communication system of claim 10 , wherein the power status information for each of the donor ones of the resource blocks indicates power usage below the power threshold.
12. The wireless communication system of claim 10 , wherein the resource scheduling system is configured to identify individual user devices associated with the donor ones of the resource blocks to receive a reduced usage priority for the donor ones of the resource blocks to identify the donor ones of the resource blocks.
13. The wireless communication system of claim 10 , wherein the resource scheduling system is configured to identify donor scheduling instructions for the donor user devices to establish an aggregate power usage below the power threshold for each of the resource blocks to determine scheduling instructions for the resource blocks, wherein the aggregate power usage is determined across the hot ones of the resource blocks and the donor ones of the resource blocks.
14. The wireless communication system of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of wireless links are employed among at least two different wireless coverage areas, and wherein the resource scheduling system is configured to determine the scheduling instructions among the resource blocks of the plurality of wireless links to determine the scheduling instructions for the resource blocks.
15. The wireless communication system of claim 14 , wherein the at least two different wireless coverage areas are selected from at least one of different sectors, different cities, and different markets.
16. The wireless communication system of claim 10 , wherein the resource blocks comprise cyclically repeated frequency apportioned timeslots used for exchanging the wireless communications between the wireless access nodes and the user devices.
17. The wireless communication system of claim 16 , wherein the power status information comprises average detected power for individual ones of the resource blocks during a first quantity of the cyclically repeated frequency apportioned timeslots.
18. The wireless communication system of claim 10 , wherein the power status information comprises instantaneous detected power for each of the resource blocks.