Scheduling communication in a wireless communication system

• US 10,237,884 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2017
• Issued: 03/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Holding 81 LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Holding 81 LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Wilkinson, Timothy, Speight, Timothy James
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Warner
• Application Number:
  US15/728,089
• Publication Number:
  US 20180160442A1
• Time in Patent Office: 526 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2601 Multicarrier modulation systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/16 Half-duplex systems; Simplex/duplex switching; Transmission of break signals non-automatically inverting the direction of transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/54 based on quality criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/541 using the level of interference
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A network device may receive a communication having a geographic position of a user equipment (UE) in a cell based on satellite information. A network device may send information on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) resources in a time slot. The OFDM resources may be scheduled based on the UE and another UE being part of a group and a probability of interference between the UE and another UE being located outside close proximity of the geographic position.

Claims

1. A network device comprising:

a transceiver;

a processor electrically coupled to the transceiver;

wherein the processor is configured to;

receive, via the transceiver, a communication having a geographic position of a first user equipment (UE) in a cell based on satellite information;

send information on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) resources in a time slot, wherein the OFDM resources are scheduled based on the first UE and a second UE being part of a group and based on a probability of interference between the first UE and the second UE when the second UE is located outside a distance from the geographic position; and

wherein the second UE is scheduled to transmit information in the time slot.

2. The network device of claim 1, wherein the group is scheduled the same uplink or downlink resources.

3. The network device of claim 1, wherein the geographic position is near a cell edge or a cell boundary.

4. The network device of claim 1, wherein the OFDM resources are scheduled based on potential transmission power of the second UE.

5. The network device of claim 1, wherein the time slot includes a timing advance.

6. A method performed by a network device, the method comprising:

receiving, by the network device, a communication having a geographic position of a first user equipment (UE) in a cell based on satellite information;

sending, by the network device, information on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) resources in a time slot, wherein the OFDM resources are scheduled based on the first UE and a second UE being part of a group and based on a probability of interference between the first UE and the second UE when the second UE is located outside a distance from the geographic position; and

wherein the second UE is scheduled to transmit information in the time slot.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the group is scheduled the same uplink or downlink resources.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the geographic position is near a cell edge or a cell boundary.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the OFDM resources are scheduled based on potential transmission power of the second UE.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the time slot includes a timing advance.