Granted Patent B2

US 12,273,284 · App. 17/786,826 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Inventors: Chandra Bontu (Nepean, CA); Christian Skärby (Stockholm, SE); Ali Yaver (Stockholm, SE)

Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)

H04L5/0023H04W72/12H04W72/56

Abstract

Claims (50)

1. A network node, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to:

determine virtual resources at least in part by logically slicing a plurality of physical resources across a spatial domain;

assign the virtual resources to a first radio bearer associated with a first wireless device;

co-schedule a plurality of radio bearers including the first radio bearer on at least one logical slice of the plurality of physical resources;

compute a number of virtual resources that are assigned to each service type of the plurality of radio bearers;

compute a resource margin for each service type of the plurality of radio bearers; and

adjust a service priority for at least one of the plurality of radio bearers for a next transmission time interval, TTI, based on the resource margin.

2. The network node of claim 1 , wherein the logical slicing of the plurality of physical resources across the spatial domain is performed by service type.

3. The network node of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of physical resources is reused among a plurality of radio bearers including the first radio bearer.

4. The network node of claim 1 , wherein the determined virtual resources correspond to a logical slice of the plurality of physical resources.

5. The network node of claim 1 , wherein the service priority corresponds to service-type priority level that is based on a virtual resource share in a previous TTI.

6. The network node of claim 1 , wherein co-scheduling the plurality of radio bearers includes:

prioritizing the plurality of radio bearers per service type in a plurality of service queues;

prioritizing the plurality of radio bearers for allocation in a TTI based at least on each service type associated with each of the plurality of radio bearers; and

the assigning of the virtual resources to the first radio bearer being based at least on the prioritizing of the plurality of radio bearers for allocation.

7. The network node of claim 1 , wherein co-scheduling the plurality of radio bearers includes:

prioritizing the plurality of radio bearers in a plurality of service queues based on service type and at least one priority within a respective service type;

prioritizing the plurality of radio bearers for allocation in a TTI based at least on each service type and the at least one priority within the respective service type; and

the assigning of the virtual resources to the first radio bearer being based at least on the prioritizing of the plurality of radio bearers for allocation.

8. The network node of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of physical resources corresponds to N physical resources that are spatially multiplexed to correspond to a pool of M*N virtual resources, where M corresponds to a number of wireless device, each wireless device including the first wireless device being assigned N virtual resources.

9. The network node of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to assign a plurality of wireless devices including the first device respective virtual resources for Multi User-Multiple Input Multiple Output, MU-MIMO, communication.

10. The network node of claim 1 , wherein the virtual resources assigned to the first radio bearer correspond to a sum of weights of the plurality of physical resources, each weight corresponding to a transmit power for transmitting information to the wireless device on at least one physical resource divided by a total available transmit power for physical resources allowed scheduling to wireless devices in a TTI.

11. A method performed by a network node, comprising:

determining virtual resources at least in part by logically slicing a plurality of physical resources across a spatial domain;

assigning the virtual resources to a first radio bearer associated with a first wireless device;

co-scheduling a plurality of radio bearers including the first radio bearer on at least one logical slice of the plurality of physical resources;

computing a number of virtual resources that are assigned to each service type of the plurality of radio bearers;

computing a resource margin for each service type of the plurality of radio bearers; and

adjusting a service priority for at least one of the plurality of radio bearers for a next transmission time interval, TTI, based on the resource margin.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the logical slicing of the plurality of physical resources across the spatial domain is performed by service type.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the plurality of physical resources is reused among a plurality of radio bearers including the first radio bearer.

14. The method of claims 11 , wherein the determined virtual resources correspond to a logical slice of the plurality of physical resources.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the service priority corresponds to service-type priority level that is based on a virtual resource share in a previous TTI.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein co-scheduling the plurality of radio bearers includes:

prioritizing the plurality of radio bearers per service type in a plurality of service queues;

prioritizing the plurality of radio bearers for allocation in a TTI based at least on each service type associated with each of the plurality of radio bearers; and

the assigning of the virtual resources to the first radio bearer being based at least on the prioritizing of the plurality of radio bearers for allocation.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein co-scheduling the plurality of radio bearers includes:

prioritizing the plurality of radio bearers in a plurality of service queues based on service type and at least one priority within a respective service type;

prioritizing the plurality of radio bearers for allocation in a TTI based at least on each service type and the at least one priority within the respective service type; and

the assigning of the virtual resources to the first radio bearer being based at least on the prioritizing of the plurality of radio bearers for allocation.

18. The method of claims 11 , wherein the plurality of physical resources corresponds to N physical resources that are spatially multiplexed to correspond to a pool of M*N virtual resources, where M corresponds to a number of wireless devices, each wireless device including the first wireless device being assigned N virtual resources.

19. The method of claim 11 , further comprising assigning a plurality of wireless device including the first device respective virtual resources for Multi User- Multiple Input Multiple Output, MU-MIMO, communication.

20. The method of claims 11 , wherein the virtual resources assigned to the first radio bearer correspond to a sum of weights of the plurality of physical resources, each weight corresponding to a transmit power for transmitting information to the wireless device on at least one physical resource divided by a total available transmit power for physical resources allowed scheduling to wireless devices in a TTI.

21. A method performed by a network node, comprising:

determining virtual resources at least in part by logically slicing a plurality of physical resources across a spatial domain;

assigning the virtual resources to a first radio bearer associated with a first wireless device,

wherein the virtual resources assigned to the first radio bearer correspond to a sum of weights of the plurality of physical resources, each weight corresponding to a transmit power for transmitting information to the wireless device on at least one physical resource divided by a total available transmit power for physical resources allowed scheduling to wireless devices in a Transmission Time Interval (TTI); and

assigning a plurality of wireless device including the first device respective virtual resources for Multi User-Multiple Input Multiple Output, MU-MIMO, communication.

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