Method for resource allocation in a mobile communication system and base station and participant communication module for use in the method

• US 10,588,054 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2017
• Issued: 03/10/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: Hehn, Thorsten, Alieiev, Roman
• Primary Examiner(s): Mew, Kevin D
• Application Number:
  US15/849,755
• Publication Number:
  US 20180184334A1
• Time in Patent Office: 810 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/06 Hybrid resource partitioning, e.g. channel borrowing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/26 Resource reservation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/46 for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/121 for groups of terminals or users
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A method for resource allocation in a mobile communication system including base stations from mobile communication providers and participants from mobile communication providers, wherein each provider has assigned a dedicated spectrum for resource allocation for its own participants, wherein the participants from the providers communicate directly among each other, wherein a provider allocates a part of its dedicated spectrum for the direct communication among the participants from the providers, wherein the part of a dedicated spectrum of a provider for the direct communication among the participants from the providers is divided into sections, with each provider having been assigned at least one section of the part of the dedicated spectrum of the provider, wherein the resource allocation management functionality for allocating a part of its dedicated spectrum for the direct communication among the participants from the providers is shifted from provider to provider from time slice to time slice.

Claims

1. A method for resource allocation in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

facilitating communication among a plurality of mobile communication providers'"'"' base stations and a plurality of mobile communication provider participants, wherein each mobile communication provider has assigned a dedicated spectrum for resource allocation for its own participants, wherein the participants from the plurality of mobile communication providers communicate directly with each other;

allocating, by each mobile communication provider, a part of its dedicated spectrum for the direct communication among the participants from the plurality of mobile communication providers;

dividing a part of a dedicated spectrum of a mobile communication provider for the direct communication among the participants from the plurality of mobile communication providers into sections, with each provider of the plurality of mobile communication providers having been assigned at least one section of the part of the dedicated spectrum of the mobile communication provider; and

shifting resource allocation management functionality for allocating a part of the dedicated spectrum for the direct communication among the participants from the plurality of providers from provider to provider from time slice to time slice.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource allocation functionality is shifted from provider to provider from time slice to time slice in a round robin state, maximum rate queuing state or proportionally fair queuing state.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising each mobile communication provider announcing to all other mobile communication providers which part of its dedicated spectrum is reserved for the direct communication among the participants from the plurality of mobile communication providers.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising each mobile communication provider announcing to its own participants which section of the announced part of the dedicated spectrum is reserved for the direct communication among its own participants.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising each mobile communication provider scheduling resources in its section of the part of the dedicated spectrum for its own participants by a scheduler in the mobile communication provider'"'"'s base station.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising each mobile communication provider scheduling resources in the part of the dedicated spectrum for its own participants and the participants of the other mobile communication providers by a scheduler in the mobile communication provider owned base station.

7. A base station configured to divide part of a dedicated spectrum of a mobile communication provider for direct communication among participants from a plurality of mobile communication providers into sections according to a method comprising:

assigning each mobile communication provider at least one section of the part of the dedicated spectrum;

the base station having a scheduler for scheduling resources in its assigned part of the dedicated spectrum for solely its own participants or its own participants plus the participants of the other mobile communication providers.

8. The base station of claim 7, wherein resource allocation management functionality for allocating a part of the dedicated spectrum for the direct communication among the participants is shifted from the plurality of providers from provider to provider from time slice to time slice.

9. The base station of claim 8, wherein the resource allocation functionality is shifted from provider to provider from time slice to time slice in a round robin state, maximum rate queuing state or proportionally fair queuing state.

10. The base station of claim 8, wherein each mobile communication provider announces to all other mobile communication providers which part of its dedicated spectrum is reserved for the direct communication among the participants from the plurality of mobile communication providers.

11. The base station of claim 8, wherein each mobile communication provider announces to its own participants which section of the announced part of the dedicated spectrum is reserved for the direct communication among its own participants.

12. The base station of claim 11, wherein each mobile communication provider scheduling resources in its section of the part of the dedicated spectrum for its own participants by a scheduler in the mobile communication provider'"'"'s base station.

13. The base station of claim 11, wherein each mobile communication provider scheduling resources in the part of the dedicated spectrum for its own participants and the participants of the other mobile communication providers by a scheduler in the mobile communication provider owned base station.