IP Library Granted Patent US 10,313,910
Granted Patent B2
US 10,313,910 · App. 15/560,237 · Granted Jun 4, 2019

Coordinated scheduling in low interference resource blocks

Inventors: Anders Furuskär (Stockholm, SE); Andreas Höglund (Solna, SE)
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
H04W24/10H04W4/70H04W28/16H04W72/082H04W72/1231
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,313,910
App. No.
15/560,237
Granted
Jun 4, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides a method for coordinating a wireless data exchange between communication entities ( 10 ) and base transceiver stations ( 100 - 104 ) in at least one cellular network. The method comprises the steps of estimating a need of transmission resources needed for the data exchange between the communication entities ( 10 ) and the base transceiver stations ( 100 - 104 ) controlled by the central control entity ( 200 ), determining first resource blocks from possible resource blocks, to which the data exchange between the communication entities ( 10 ) and the base transceiver stations ( 100 - 104 ) should be limited, the possible resource blocks indicating the resource blocks that are available for the data exchange between the communication entities ( 10 ) and the base transceiver stations ( 100 - 104 ), determining a maximum interference level that should not be exceeded in the first resource blocks, the maximum interference level taking into account the signal exchange from one of the communication entities ( 10 ) with a base transceiver station other than a serving base transceiver station serving said one communication entity, and informing the base transceiver stations ( 100 - 104 ) about the first resource blocks and the maximum interference level.

Claims (31)

1. A method for coordinating a wireless data exchange between communication entities and base transceiver stations in at least one cellular network, the method comprising:

estimating a need of transmission resources needed for the data exchange between the communication entities and the base transceiver stations controlled by a central control entity;

determining first resource blocks from possible resource blocks, to which the data exchange between the communication entities and the base transceiver stations should be limited, the possible resource blocks indicating the resource blocks that are available for the data exchange between the communication entities and the base transceiver stations;

determining a maximum interference level that should not be exceeded in the first resource blocks, the maximum interference level taking into account the signal exchange from one of the communication entities with one of the base transceiver stations other than a serving base transceiver station serving the one communication entity;

informing the base transceiver stations about the first resource blocks and the maximum interference level that should not be exceeded in the first resource blocks;

wherein the estimating the need of transmission resources comprises estimating:

a number of communication entities located in an area covered by the base transceiver stations which are controlled by the central control entity; and

an expected data traffic between the number of communication entities and the base transceiver stations.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the first resource blocks comprises determining time and frequency resource blocks in which the data exchange is to take place.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the estimating the need of transmission resources comprises determining a maximum number of repetitions the same piece of data of the data exchange is sent from one of the communication entities to the base transceiver stations for signal enhancement at the base transceiver stations.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

collecting signal level measurements from the base transceiver stations resulting from the data exchange, the signal level measurements indicating a signal level in the data exchange transmitted by one of the communication entities and received from several of the base transceiver stations;

transmitting the collected signal level measurements to the base transceiver stations.

5. A control entity configured to coordinate a wireless data exchange between communication entities and base transceiver stations in at least one cellular network, the control entity comprising:

processing circuitry configured to:

estimate a need of transmission resources needed for the data exchange between the communication entities and the base transceiver stations controlled by the control entity; wherein the estimating the need of transmission resources comprises estimating:

determine a number of communication entities located in an area covered by the base transceiver stations which are controlled by the central control entity; and

determine an expected data traffic between the number of communication entities and the base transceiver stations;

determine first resource blocks from possible resource blocks, to which the data exchange between the communication entities and the base transceiver stations should be limited, the possible resource blocks indicating the resource blocks that are available for the data exchange between the communication entities and the base transceiver stations;

determine a maximum interference level that should not be exceeded in the first resource blocks, the maximum interference level taking into account the signal exchange from one of the communication entities with one of the base transceiver stations other than a serving base transceiver station serving the one communication entity;

a transmitter configured to inform the base transceiver stations about the first resource blocks and the maximum interference level that should not be exceeded in the first resource blocks.

6. The control entity of claim 5 , wherein the communication entities use a number of repetitions of the same piece of data of the data exchange transmitted to the serving base transceiver station; wherein the serving base transceiver station uses accumulation of the same piece of data.

7. The control entity of claim 5 , wherein the communication entities are user terminals using a signal level for the data exchange which is lower than that of a legacy mobile entity; wherein subframes are used for the data exchange and the subframes received at the serving base transceiver station are accumulated for enhancing the signal level.

8. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a computer program product for coordinating a wireless data exchange between communication entities and base transceiver stations in at least one cellular network, the computer program product comprising software instructions which, when run on processing circuitry of a control entity, causes the control entity to:

estimate a need of transmission resources needed for the data exchange between the communication entities and the base transceiver stations controlled by the control entity;

determine first resource blocks from possible resource blocks, to which the data exchange between the communication entities and the base transceiver stations should be limited, the possible resource blocks indicating the resource blocks that are available for the data exchange between the communication entities and the base transceiver stations;

determine a maximum interference level that should not be exceeded in the first resource blocks, the maximum interference level taking into account the signal exchange from one of the communication entities with one of the base transceiver stations other than a serving base transceiver station serving the one communication entity; and

inform the base transceiver stations about the first resource blocks and the maximum interference level that should not be exceeded in the first resource blocks;

wherein the estimating the need of transmission resources comprises estimating:

a number of communication entities located in an area covered by the base transceiver stations which are controlled by the central control entity; and

an expected data traffic between the number of communication entities and the base transceiver stations.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2017
From: FURUSKÄR, ANDERS; HÖGLUND, ANDREAS
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
Reel/Frame 043651/0972 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 21, 2017
From: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Reel/Frame 043934/0124 →
Continuity (1)
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