PROACTIVE SCHEDULING METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ENABLE PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION LINKS IN A WIRELESS OFDMA SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for scheduling Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) resources allocated to a transmitter station for a peer-to-peer communication session with a receiver station, the method comprising:
- maintaining, at the base station, a resource allocation map comprising;
particular OFDMA resources of an OFDMA frame that have been allocated to particular stations; and
generating, at a base station, a request for information with respect to selected OFDMA resources;
receiving at the base station, a resource request message (RRM) from the transmitter station to request allocation of some of the OFDMA resources for the peer-to-peer communication session with the receiver station; and
processing, at the base station, to determine specific ones of the OFDMA resources to be allocated to the transmitter station for the peer-to-peer communication session with the receiver station.
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Abstract
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for scheduling resources in Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) communication networks for “direct link” or peer-to-peer communications among stations operating therein so that OFDMA resources can be allocated to a transmitter station for a peer-to-peer communication session with a receiver station such that near-far issues caused by peer-to-peer communication are reduced/avoided. The disclosed technologies can prevent peer-to-peer communication links using different sub-channels within the same time slot from creating near-far issues for other receiver stations that are within communication range.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for scheduling Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) resources allocated to a transmitter station for a peer-to-peer communication session with a receiver station, the method comprising:
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maintaining, at the base station, a resource allocation map comprising;
particular OFDMA resources of an OFDMA frame that have been allocated to particular stations; andgenerating, at a base station, a request for information with respect to selected OFDMA resources; receiving at the base station, a resource request message (RRM) from the transmitter station to request allocation of some of the OFDMA resources for the peer-to-peer communication session with the receiver station; and processing, at the base station, to determine specific ones of the OFDMA resources to be allocated to the transmitter station for the peer-to-peer communication session with the receiver station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for scheduling OFDMA resources allocated to a transmitter station for a peer-to-peer communication session with a receiver station, the method comprising:
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transmitting, from a base station to recipient stations including the transmitter station, a metric request message to request first metric measurement information from the recipient stations, wherein the metric request message comprises;
an indicator that first metric is to be measured with respect to selected OFDMA resources of an OFDMA frame that the base station is requesting more information about; and
one or more first metric categories that a station is to report with respect to the selected OFDMA resources;receiving the metric request message at the recipient stations including the transmitter station, measuring, at each of the at the recipient stations, first metric with respect to some of the selected OFDMA resources, and transmitting, from each of the recipient stations, a response message (RM) comprising information regarding first metric measurement with respect to some of the selected OFDMA resources, wherein the response message (RM) generated by the transmitter station comprises a first response message (RM); transmitting, to the base station, a resource request message (RRM) from the transmitter station to request allocation of some of the OFDMA resources for the peer-to-peer communication session with the receiver station; and processing the response messages (RMs) at the base station to determine specific ones of the OFDMA resources to be allocated to the transmitter station.
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25. A method for scheduling OFDMA resources allocated to a transmitter station for a peer-to-peer communication session with a receiver station, the method comprising:
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transmitting, from a base station to recipient stations including the transmitter station, a request for first metric measurement information to be measured with respect to selected OFDMA resources of an OFDMA frame; receiving the request message at the recipient stations; measuring, at each of the recipient stations, first metric with respect to some of the selected OFDMA resources, and transmitting, from each of the recipient stations, a response message (RM) comprising information regarding first metric measurements with respect to some of the selected OFDMA resources; and processing the response messages (RMs) at the base station to determine specific ones of the OFDMA resources to be allocated to the transmitter station for the peer-to-peer communication session with the receiver station.
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