Method and access network device for interference coordination

1. A method for interference coordination, comprising:

obtaining time-frequency resource of a cell, and dividing the time-frequency resource into a plurality of resource subsets;

dividing users to be scheduled in the cell into a plurality of user groups according to Angle Of Arrival (AOA) of wave, wherein the number of the user groups is equal to the number of the resource subsets, and each of the user groups has its respective sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets;

transmitting information on the user group comprising the AOA, information on the resource subsets, and the respective sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets for each of the user groups in the cell to neighboring cells, after said dividing users to be scheduled in the cell into a plurality of user groups according to AOA of wave, wherein each of the neighboring cells adjusts the resource subsets and the respective sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets for each user group of a plurality of user groups in the neighboring cell based on a rule that the time-frequency resource of one of the user groups in the neighboring cell is not conflicted with the time-frequency resource of one of the user groups in the cell, while the AOA of one of the user groups in the neighboring cell is same as that of one of the user groups in the cell, after receiving the information on the user group comprising the AOA, information on the resource subsets, and the respective sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets for each of the user groups in the cell; and

allocating the time-frequency resource in the one of the resource subsets to the users of one of the user groups with the same AOA, according to the sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets for one of the user groups.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said dividing the time-frequency resource into a plurality of resource subsets comprising:

dividing downlink time-frequency resource included in the time-frequency resource into the resource subsets in a minimum unit of one or more continuous Physical Resource Block (PRB); and

dividing uplink time-frequency resource included in the time-frequency resource into the resource subsets by dividing continuous time-frequency resource according to a rule of mutually orthogonal of time-frequency resource.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said dividing users to be scheduled in the cell into a plurality of user groups according to AOA of wave comprising:

dividing angle space for receiving a signal into a plurality of mutually orthogonal angle subspaces according to the AOA, wherein each of the angle subspaces is corresponding to a respective one of the user groups; and

determining a user group that the user belongs to among the plurality of the user groups, according to an angle subspace that the user belongs to among the plurality of the angle subspaces.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said allocating the time-frequency resource in one of the resource subsets to the users of the user groups with the same AOA, according to the sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets for one of the user groups comprising:

establishing a mapping relation between each of the user groups and its respective sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets in advance in each of the neighboring cells; and

allocating the time-frequency resource to the users in each neighboring cell according to the user groups that the users belong to and the mapping relation, when the users in each neighboring cell are scheduled in each subframe.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein establishing the mapping relation between each of the user groups and its respective sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets according to a following rule:

selecting the resource subset with a highest priority in sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets for one of the user groups, wherein the resource subset with the highest priority for one of the user groups is different from the resource subset with the highest priority for another one of the user groups in the respective sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets.

6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

transmitting an update information to the neighboring cells, when anyone of the user groups, the resource subsets, and the mapping relation between each of the user groups and its respective sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets is changed, wherein each of the neighboring cells adjusts the user groups, and/or the resource subsets, and/or the mapping relation between each of the user groups and its respective sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets in the neighboring cell according to the update information of the cell, after receiving the update information of the cell.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time-frequency resource is a portion of time-frequency resource of the cell, and the users to be scheduled are at an edge of the cell,

the method further comprising:

differentiating the users at the edge of the cell from the users in a center of the cell based on Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP), or pilot signal strength, or Reference Signal Receiving Quality (RSRQ), or pilot signal Channel Quality Indicator (CQI), or detected path loss information, or Signal and Interference to Noise Ratio (SINR) information on each user in the cell.

8. An access network device, comprising:

a processor; and

a non-volatile storage medium, configured to be connected to the processor via a bus interface, and store programs and data to be used by the processor,

wherein upon the processor executes the programs and data stored in the non-volatile storage medium, following modules are implemented:

a resource obtaining module, configured for obtaining time-frequency resource of a cell;

a resource grouping module, configured for dividing the time-frequency resource into a plurality of resource subsets;

a user grouping module, configured for dividing users to be scheduled in the cell into a plurality of user groups according to Angle Of Arrival (AOA) of wave, wherein the number of the user groups is equal to the number of the resource subsets, and each of the user groups has its respective sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets;

a transmitting module, configured for transmitting information on the user group comprising the AOA, information on the resource subsets, and the respective sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets for each of the user groups in the cell to neighboring cells, after said dividing users to be scheduled in the cell into a plurality of user groups according to AOA of wave, wherein each of the neighboring cells adjusts the resource subsets and the respective sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets for each user group of a plurality of user groups in the neighboring cell based on a rule that the time-frequency resource of one of the user groups in the neighboring cell is not conflicted with the time-frequency resource of one of the user groups in the cell, while the AOA of one of the user groups in the neighboring cell is same as that of one of the user groups in the cell, after receiving the information on the user group comprising the AOA, information on the resource subsets, and the respective sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets for each of the user groups in the cell; and

a resource allocating module, configured for allocating the time-frequency resource in the one of the resource subsets to the users of one of the user groups with the same AOA, according to the sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets for one of the user groups.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the resource grouping module is configured for:

dividing downlink time-frequency resource included in the time-frequency resource into the resource subsets in a minimum unit of one or more continuous Physical Resource Block (PRB); and

dividing uplink time-frequency resource included in the time-frequency resource into the resource subsets by dividing continuous time-frequency resource according to a rule of mutually orthogonal of time-frequency resource.

10. The device of claim 8 , wherein the user grouping module comprising:

a space dividing submodule, configured for dividing angle space for receiving a signal into a plurality of mutually orthogonal angle subspaces according to the AOA, wherein each of the angle subspaces is corresponding to a respective one of the user groups; and

a user group determining submodule, configured for determining a user group that the user belongs to among the plurality of the user groups, according to an angle subspace that the user belongs to among the plurality of the angle subspaces.

11. The device of claim 8 , wherein the resource allocating module comprising:

an establishing submodule, configured for establishing a mapping relation between each of the user groups and its respective sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets in each of the neighboring cells; and

allocating the time-frequency resource to the users in each neighboring cell according to the user groups that the users belong to and the mapping relation, when the users in each neighboring cell are scheduled in each subframe.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the establishing submodule establishing the mapping relation between each of the user groups and its respective sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets according to a following rule:

selecting the resource subset with a highest priority in sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets for one of the user groups, wherein the resource subset with the highest priority for one of the user groups is different from the resource subset with the highest priority for another one of the user groups in the respective sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets.

13. The device of claim 11 , wherein the device is further configured for implementing a communication module when the processor executes the programs and data stored in the non-volatile storage medium,

the communication module is configured for transmitting an update information to the neighboring cells, when anyone of the user groups, the resource subsets, and the mapping relation between each of the user groups and its respective sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets is changed, wherein each of the neighboring cells adjusts the user groups, and/or the resource subsets, and/or the mapping relation between each of the user groups and its respective sequence of priorities for selecting among the resource subsets in the neighboring cell according to the update information of the cell, after receiving the update information of the cell.

14. The device of claim 8 , wherein the time-frequency resource is a portion of time-frequency resource of the cell, and the users to be scheduled are at an edge of the cell,

the device is further configured for implementing a cell-edge user differentiating module when the processor executes the programs and data stored in the non-volatile storage medium,

the cell-edge user differentiating module is configured for differentiating the users at the edge of the cell from the users in a center of the cell based on Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP), or pilot signal strength, or Reference Signal Receiving Quality (RSRQ), or pilot signal Channel Quality Indicator (CQI), or detected path loss information, or Signal and Interference to Noise Ratio (SINR) information on each user in the cell,

wherein the user grouping module divides the users to be scheduled at the edge of the cell into a plurality of user groups according to the AOA.