Identification of uplink interference in a long-term evolution (LTE) communication system
First Claim
1. A method of operating a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) base station to facilitate identification of uplink interference, wherein the LTE base station serves a plurality of User Equipment (UE) devices and one or more relay nodes, the method comprising:
- identifying a first scheduling group comprising the plurality of UE devices and a second scheduling group comprising the one or more relay nodes based on LTE registration data;
allocating uplink LTE resource blocks by scheduling a first portion of the uplink LTE resource blocks at one end of a channel spectrum to the UE devices in the first scheduling group and scheduling a second portion of the uplink LTE resource blocks at an opposite end of the channel spectrum to the one or more relay nodes in the second scheduling group; and
monitoring for interference in the uplink LTE resource blocks to determine if the interference is associated with the one or more relay nodes in the second scheduling group.
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Abstract
An LTE base station to facilitate identification of uplink interference serves a plurality of UE devices and one or more relay nodes. The LTE base station is configured to identify a first scheduling group comprising the plurality of UE devices and a second scheduling group comprising the one or more relay nodes based on LTE registration data, allocate uplink resource blocks by scheduling a first portion of the uplink resource blocks at one end of a channel spectrum to the UE devices in the first scheduling group and scheduling a second portion of the uplink resource blocks at the other end of the channel spectrum to the one or more relay nodes in the second scheduling group, and monitor for interference in the second portion of the uplink resource blocks to determine if the interference is associated with the one or more relay nodes in the second scheduling group.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of operating a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) base station to facilitate identification of uplink interference, wherein the LTE base station serves a plurality of User Equipment (UE) devices and one or more relay nodes, the method comprising:
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identifying a first scheduling group comprising the plurality of UE devices and a second scheduling group comprising the one or more relay nodes based on LTE registration data; allocating uplink LTE resource blocks by scheduling a first portion of the uplink LTE resource blocks at one end of a channel spectrum to the UE devices in the first scheduling group and scheduling a second portion of the uplink LTE resource blocks at an opposite end of the channel spectrum to the one or more relay nodes in the second scheduling group; and monitoring for interference in the uplink LTE resource blocks to determine if the interference is associated with the one or more relay nodes in the second scheduling group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer apparatus to operate a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) base station to facilitate identification of uplink interference, wherein the LTE base station serves a plurality of User Equipment (UE) devices and one or more relay nodes, the apparatus comprising:
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software instructions configured, when executed by one or more processors in the LTE base station, to direct the LTE base station to identify a first scheduling group comprising the plurality of UE devices and a second scheduling group comprising the one or more relay nodes based on LTE registration data, allocate uplink LTE resource blocks by scheduling a first portion of the uplink LTE resource blocks at one end of a channel spectrum to the UE devices in the first scheduling group and scheduling a second portion of the uplink LTE resource blocks at an opposite end of the channel spectrum to the one or more relay nodes in the second scheduling group, and monitor for interference in the uplink LTE resource blocks to determine if the interference is associated with the one or more relay nodes in the second scheduling group; and at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors, storing the software instructions. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A Long-Term Evolution (LTE) base station to facilitate identification of uplink interference, wherein the LTE base station serves a plurality of User Equipment (UE) devices and one or more relay nodes, the LTE base station comprising:
a processing circuitry operatively coupled to one or more memories configured to identify a first scheduling group comprising the plurality of UE devices and a second scheduling group comprising the one or more relay nodes based on LTE registration data, allocate uplink LTE resource blocks by scheduling a first portion of the uplink LTE resource blocks at one end of a channel spectrum to the UE devices in the first scheduling group and scheduling a second portion of the uplink LTE resource blocks at an opposite end of the channel spectrum to the one or more relay nodes in the second scheduling group, and monitor for interference in the uplink LTE resource blocks to determine if the interference is associated with the one or more relay nodes in the second scheduling group. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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