User equipment frequency allocation methods and apparatus
First Claim
1. A method for allocating frequencies to at least one user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system that includes at least one cell, the method comprising:
- classifying a UE into a cell-edge UE group when the UE is within in a cell-edge region of a cell, wherein the cell-edge UE group is allocated at least one first frequency range within an available bandwidth; and
reclassifying the UE into a cell-center UE group based on at least one indicator of UE performance, wherein the cell-center UE group is allocated at least one second frequency range within the available bandwidth.
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Abstract
In an embodiment, a wireless communication system (100, FIG. 1) includes one or more nodes (102-108) and one or more user equipments (UE) (130-134). A node may service a cell (110-116). A UE may be classified (802, FIG. 8) into a cell-edge UE group when the UE is within in a cell-edge region (504, 506, 508, FIG. 5) of a cell. The cell-edge UE group may be allocated at least one first frequency range within an available bandwidth (600, 700, FIGS. 6 and 7). A UE may be reclassified (808, FIG. 8) into a cell-center UE group based on at least one indicator of UE performance. The cell-center UE group may be allocated at least one second frequency range within the available bandwidth.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for allocating frequencies to at least one user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system that includes at least one cell, the method comprising:
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classifying a UE into a cell-edge UE group when the UE is within in a cell-edge region of a cell, wherein the cell-edge UE group is allocated at least one first frequency range within an available bandwidth; and reclassifying the UE into a cell-center UE group based on at least one indicator of UE performance, wherein the cell-center UE group is allocated at least one second frequency range within the available bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for allocating frequencies to multiple user equipments (UEs) in a wireless communication system that includes at least one cell, the method comprising:
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classifying first selected ones of the multiple UEs as cell-edge UEs when each of the first selected ones are located within in a cell-edge region of a cell, wherein the cell-edge UEs are allocated at least one first frequency range within an available bandwidth; classifying second selected ones of the multiple UEs as cell-center UEs when each of the second selected ones are located within in a cell-center region of the cell, wherein the cell-center UEs are allocated at least one second frequency range within the available bandwidth; reclassifying selected ones of the cell-edge UEs into cell-center UEs based on at least one indicator of UE performance; and reclassifying selected ones of the cell-center UE into cell-edge UEs based on the at least one indicator of UE performance. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus to allocate frequencies to at least one user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network that includes at least one cell, the apparatus comprising:
one or more integrated circuits to classify a UE into a cell-edge UE group when the UE is within in a cell-edge region of a cell, wherein the cell-edge UE group is allocated at least one first frequency range within an available bandwidth, and to reclassify the UE into a cell-center UE group based on at least one indicator of UE performance, wherein the cell-center UE group is allocated at least one second frequency range within the available bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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