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US 12,634,718 · App. 18/292,715 · Granted May 19, 2026

Wireless resource utilization rate determination method and apparatus, electronic device and storage medium

Inventors: Yi Li (Beijing, CN); Guanghai Liu (Beijing, CN); Fei Li (Beijing, CN); Yuchao Jin (Beijing, CN); Xiaomeng Zhu (Beijing, CN); Yuting Zheng (Beijing, CN); Tian Xiao (Beijing, CN); Yongbei Xue (Beijing, CN); Yuwei Jia (Beijing, CN); Xinzhou Cheng (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: China United Network Communications Group Company Limited
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Patent No.
US 12,634,718
App. No.
18/292,715
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes acquiring communication data within a statistical period of a cell; determining a channel non-space division occupied wireless resource within the statistical period; determining a channel space division occupied wireless resource within the statistical period; determining a channel available wireless resource within the statistical period; and determining the utilization rate of wireless resources.

Claims (193)

1 . A method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources, comprising:

acquiring communication data within a statistical period of a cell, wherein the communication data comprises: a total number of channel non-space division occupied physical resource blocks (PRBs) in each time slot, a total number of channel space division occupied PRBs in each time slot, a maximum scheduling layer number in each time slot and a total number of channel available PRBs;

determining a channel non-space division occupied wireless resource within the statistical period according to the total number of channel non-space division occupied PRBs in each time slot and the maximum scheduling layer number in each time slot;

determining a channel space division occupied wireless resource within the statistical period according to the total number of channel space division occupied PRBs in each time slot;

determining a channel available wireless resource within the statistical period according to the total number of channel available PRBs and the maximum scheduling layer number in each time slot; and

determining the utilization rate of wireless resources according to the channel non-space division occupied wireless resource within the statistical period, the channel space division occupied wireless resource within the statistical period, and the channel available wireless resource within the statistical period.

2 . The method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources according to claim 1 , wherein the channel non-space division occupied wireless resource within the statistical period satisfies the following formula:

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wherein the T1 characterizes the channel non-space division occupied wireless resource within the statistical period, the i characterizes an i-th time slot within the statistical period, the PRB i characterizes the total number of channel non-space division occupied PRBs in the i-th time slot, and the Layer i characterizes the maximum scheduling layer number in the i-th time slot within the statistical period, n is a positive integer.

3 . The method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources according to claim 1 , wherein the channel space division occupied wireless resource within the statistical period satisfies the following formula:

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wherein the T2 characterizes the channel space division occupied wireless resource within the statistical period, the i characterizes an i-th time slot within the statistical period, the PRB i,j characterizes a number of channel space division occupied PRBs occupying j layers in the i-th time slot, and the j characterizes an occupied layer number; n is a positive integer, m is a positive integer, and j is a positive integer.

4 . The method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources according to claim 1 , wherein the determining the channel available wireless resource within the statistical period according to the total number of channel available PRBs and the maximum scheduling layer number in each time slot comprises:

determining an average maximum scheduling layer number within the statistical period according to maximum scheduling layer numbers in respective time slots; and

determining the channel available wireless resource within the statistical period according to the total number of channel available PRBs and the average maximum scheduling layer number within the statistical period.

5 . The method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources according to claim 4 , wherein the average maximum scheduling layer number within the statistical period satisfies the following formula:

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1

n

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Layer

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k

wherein the L characterizes the average maximum scheduling layer number within the statistical period, the i characterizes an i-th time slot within the statistical period, the Layer i characterizes a maximum scheduling layer number in the i-th time slot, and the k characterizes a number of time slots with the maximum scheduling layer number; n is a positive integer, Layer i is a positive integer, and k is a positive integer.

6 . The method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources according to claim 5 , wherein the channel available wireless resource within the statistical period satisfies the following formula:

T

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=

B

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L

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n

wherein the T3 characterizes the channel available wireless resource within the statistical period, the L characterizes the average maximum scheduling layer number within the statistical period, the n characterizes a number of time slots within the statistical period, n is a positive integer and the B characterizes a configured number of PRBs in each time slot.

7 . The method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources according to claim 1 , wherein the utilization rate of wireless resources satisfies the following formula:

the utilization rate of wireless resources=(the channel non−space division occupied wireless resource within the statistical period+the channel space division occupied wireless resource within the statistical period)/the channel available wireless resource within the statistical period.

8 . The method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources according to claim 1 , wherein before the acquiring the communication data within the statistical period of the cell, the method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources further comprises:

acquiring multiple inputs multiple outputs (MIMO) configuration information of the cell;

determining whether a multiple users-multiple inputs multiple outputs (MU-MIMO) mode is enabled for the cell according to the MIMO configuration information; and

acquiring the communication data within the statistical period of the cell in a case where the MU-MIMO mode is determined to be enabled for the cell.

9 . The method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources according to claim 8 , wherein the method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources further comprises:

acquiring a total number of channel occupied PRBs and a total number of channel available PRBs within the statistical period in a case where the MU-MIMO mode is determined to be not enabled for the cell; and

determining the utilization rate of wireless resources according to the total number of channel occupied PRBs and the total number of channel available PRBs within the statistical period.

10 . A method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources, comprising:

acquiring communication data within a statistical period of a cell, wherein the communication data comprises: a total number of channel space division occupied physical resource blocks (PRBs) in each time slot, a maximum scheduling layer number in each time slot, and a total number of channel available PRBs;

determining a channel space division occupied wireless resource within the statistical period according to the total number of channel space division occupied PRBs in each time slot;

determining a channel available wireless resource within the statistical period according to the total number of channel available PRBs and the maximum scheduling layer number in each time slot; and

determining the utilization rate of wireless resources according to the channel space division occupied wireless resource within the statistical period and the channel available wireless resource within the statistical period.

11 . The method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources according to claim 10 , wherein the channel space division occupied wireless resource within the statistical period satisfies the following formula:

T

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2

=

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=

1

n

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1

m

P

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wherein the T2 characterizes the channel space division occupied wireless resource within the statistical period, the i characterizes an i-th time slot within the statistical period, the PRB i,j characterizes a number of channel space division occupied PRBs occupying j layers in the i-th time slot, and the j characterizes an occupied layer number; n is a positive integer, m is a positive integer, and j is a positive integer.

12 . The method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources according to claim 10 , wherein the determining the channel available wireless resource within the statistical period according to the total number of channel available PRBs and the maximum scheduling layer number in each time slot comprises:

determining an average maximum scheduling layer number within the statistical period according to maximum scheduling layer numbers in respective time slots; and

determining the channel available wireless resource within the statistical period according to the total number of channel available PRBs and the average maximum scheduling layer number within the statistical period.

13 . The method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources according to claim 12 , wherein the average maximum scheduling layer number within the statistical period satisfies the following formula:

L

=

∑

i

=

1

n

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Layer

i

k

wherein the L characterizes the average maximum scheduling layer number within the statistical period, the i characterizes an i-th time slot within the statistical period, the Layer i characterizes a maximum scheduling layer number in the i-th time slot, and the k characterizes a number of time slots with the maximum scheduling layer number; n is a positive integer, Layer i is a positive integer, and k is a positive integer.

14 . The method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources according to claim 13 , wherein the channel available wireless resource within the statistical period satisfies the following formula:

T

⁢

3

=

B

*

L

*

n

wherein the T3 characterizes the channel available wireless resource within the statistical period, the L characterizes the average maximum scheduling layer number within the statistical period, the n characterizes a number of time slots within the statistical period, n is a positive integer and the B characterizes a configured number of PRBs in each time slot.

15 . The method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources according to claim 13 , wherein the channel available wireless resource within the statistical period satisfies the following formula:

T

⁢

3

=

∑

i

=

1

n

B

i

*

L

wherein the T3 characterizes the channel available wireless resource within the statistical period, the L characterizes the average maximum scheduling layer number within the statistical period, the i characterizes an i-th time slot within the statistical period, the n characterizes a number of time slots within the statistical period, n is a positive integer and the B i characterizes a configured number of PRBs in the i-th time slot.

16 . The method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources according to claim 10 , wherein the utilization rate of wireless resources satisfies the following formula:

the utilization rate of wireless resources=the channel space division occupied wireless resource within the statistical period/the channel available wireless resource within the statistical period.

17 . The method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources according to claim 10 , wherein before the acquiring the communication data within the statistical period of the cell, the method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources further comprises:

acquiring multiple inputs multiple outputs (MIMO) configuration information of the cell;

determining whether a multiple users-multiple inputs multiple outputs (MU-MIMO) mode is enabled for the cell according to the MIMO configuration information; and

acquiring the communication data within the statistical period of the cell in a case where the MU-MIMO mode is determined to be enabled in the cell,

wherein the method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources further comprises:

acquiring a total number of channel occupied RBs and a total number of channel available PRBs within the statistical period in a case where the MU-MIMO mode is determined to be not enabled for the cell; and

determining the utilization rate of wireless resources according to the total number of channel occupied PRBs and the total number of channel available PRBs within the statistical period.

18 . A method for determining an average maximum scheduling layer number within a statistical period, comprising:

determining an average maximum scheduling layer number within a statistical period according to a maximum scheduling layer number in each time slot, wherein the average maximum scheduling layer number within the statistical period satisfies the following formula:

L

=

∑

i

=

1

n

⁢

Layer

i

k

wherein the L characterizes the average maximum scheduling layer number within the statistical period, the i characterizes an i-th time slot within the statistical period, the Layer i characterizes a maximum scheduling layer number in the i-th time slot, and the k characterizes a number of time slots with the maximum scheduling layer number; n is a positive integer, Layer i is a positive integer, and k is a positive integer.

19 . An electronic device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to implement the method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources according to claim 1 .

20 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein when instructions in the computer-readable storage medium are executed by a processor of an electronic device, the electronic device is enabled to implement the method for determining a utilization rate of wireless resources according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2024
From: LI, YI; LIU, GUANGHAI; LI, FEI; JIN, YUCHAO; ZHU, XIAOMENG; ZHENG, YUTING; XIAO, TIAN; XUE, YONGBEI; JIA, YUWEI; CHENG, XINZHOU
To: CHINA UNITED NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS GROUP COMPANY LIMITED
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