System and method for explicit MU-MIMO indicator
Systems and methods are provided for providing explicit MU-MIMO pairing indicator. Methods include maintaining a profile of one or more wireless devices in a wireless network using MU-MIMO. Methods further include receiving an indicator from one or more access nodes identifying MU-MIMO pairing for one or more wireless devices. Methods further include adjusting one or more of beamforming, layer assignment or throughput of the wireless network.
1 . A method comprising:
maintaining a profile of one or more wireless devices in a wireless network using multiuser multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO);
receiving at the profile of the one or more wireless devices an indicator from one or more access nodes identifying MU-MIMO pairing for the one or more wireless devices in the wireless network, wherein the indicator is available to a user of the one or more wireless devices; and
adjusting one or more of beamforming, layer assignment or throughput of the wireless network based on the one or more wireless devices using MU-MIMO connections.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless network is a 5G wireless network and the one or more access nodes are gNB devices.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the indicator is a downlink control information (DCI) message which includes performing downlink and uplink scheduling.
4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
accessing one or more locations of the one or more wireless devices using MU-MIMO.
5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
accessing usage information for the one or more wireless devices using MU-MIMO.
6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
identifying from the one or more wireless devices using MU-MIMO, the wireless devices experiencing the most MU-MIMO pairing.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting one or more of beamforming, layer assignment or throughput of the wireless network based on the one or more wireless devices using MU-MIMO connections serves to improve the throughput and/or improve spectral efficiency of the one or more access nodes.
8 . A system comprising:
an access node including at least one electronic processor configured to perform operations including:
maintaining a profile of one or more wireless devices in a wireless network using multiuser multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO);
receiving at the profile of the one or more wireless devices an indicator from one or more access nodes identifying MU-MIMO pairing for the one or more wireless devices in the wireless network, wherein the indicator is available to a user of the one or more wireless devices; and
adjusting one or more of beamforming, layer assignment or throughput of the wireless network based on the one or more wireless device paired for MU-MIMO connections.
9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the wireless network is a 5G wireless network and the access node is a gNB device.
10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the indicator is a downlink control information (DCI) message which includes performing downlink and uplink scheduling.
11 . The system of claim 8 , further comprising:
accessing one or more locations of the one or more wireless devices paired for MU-MIMO.
12 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising:
accessing usage information for the one or more wireless devices paired for MU-MIMO.
13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein adjusting one or more of beamforming, layer assignment or throughput of the wireless network based on the one or more wireless devices paired for MU-MIMO serves to improve the throughput and/or improve spectral efficiency of the one or more access nodes.
14 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, when executed by at least one processor, configuring the at least one processor to:
maintain a profile of one or more wireless devices in a wireless network using multiuser multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO);
determine that the one or more wireless devices is paired with an access node for MU-MIMO based on satisfying a threshold; and
store an indicator at a profile of the one or more wireless devices that indicates the one or more wireless devices are paired for MU-MIMO, wherein the indicator is available to a user of the one or more wireless devices;
adjust one or more of beamforming, layer assignment or throughput of the wireless network based on the one or more wireless devices using MU-MIMO connections.
15 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions of claim 14 , wherein the wireless network is a 5G wireless network and the access node is a gNB device.
16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions of claim 14 , wherein the indicator is based on a downlink control information (DCI) message which includes downlink and uplink scheduling.
17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions of claim 14 , non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions:
accessing one or more locations of the one or more wireless devices using MU-MIMO.
18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions of claim 17 , non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions:
access usage information for the one or more wireless devices using MU-MIMO.
19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions of claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
adjust one or more of beamforming, layer assignment or throughput of the wireless network based on the one or more wireless devices using MU-MIMO connections.