APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR BASE STATION TRANCEIVERS

• US 20150173100A1
• Filed: 07/05/2013
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Aydin, Osman, Boccardi, Federico
• Application Number:
  US14/414,854
• Publication Number:
  US 20150173100A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/06 Hybrid resource partitioning, e.g. channel borrowing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1263 Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/27 between access points

Abstract

Embodiments relate to apparatuses, methods, and computer programs for base station transceivers. Embodiments provide an apparatus (10) for a base station transceiver (100) for a mobile communication system (400). The mobile communication system (400) comprises a mobile transceiver (300), which is to be associated to a neighbor base station transceiver (200). The apparatus (10) comprises means for associating (12) the mobile transceiver (300) with the neighbor base station transceiver (200) and means for scheduling (14) a radio resource from a plurality of radio resources for communicating with another mobile transceiver and for determining a subset of radio resources from the plurality of radio resources for enabling a communication between the neighbor base station transceiver (200) and the mobile transceiver (300) prior to associating the mobile transceiver (300) with the neighbor base station transceiver (200). Embodiments provide another apparatus (20) for a base station transceiver (200). The apparatus (20) comprises means for receiving (22) information on a subset of radio resources from a plurality of radio resources from the neighbor base station transceiver (100) and means for scheduling (24) a radio resource from the subset of the plurality of radio resources for communicating with the mobile transceiver (300).

Claims

1. An apparatus for a base station transceiver for a mobile communication system, the mobile communication system comprising a mobile transceiver, which is to be associated to a neighbor base station transceiver, the apparatus comprising

means for associating the mobile transceiver with the neighbor base station transceiver;

and

means for scheduling a radio resource from a plurality of radio resources for communicating with another mobile transceiver and for determining a subset of radio resources from the plurality of radio resources for enabling a communication between the neighbor base station transceiver and the mobile transceiver prior to associating the mobile transceiver with the neighbor base station transceiver, wherein the base station transceiver and the neighbor base station transceiver are shared between two or more operators.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the associating depends on a frame contract between the operators, and wherein a relation between the subset of radio resources and the plurality of radio resources is predetermined.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the base station transceiver has a coverage area which surrounds the coverage area of the neighbor base station transceiver.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising means for communicating with the neighbor base station transceiver, wherein the means for communicating is operable to communicate information on the subset of radio resources to the neighbor base station transceiver, information on a quality of service of the mobile transceiver, information on a lifetime of the subset of radio resource, and/or information on a trigger on when the subset of resources should not be used by the neighbor base station transceiver anymore.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the means for communicating is further operable to receive information on a load condition or a predicted performance of the mobile transceiver from the neighbor base station transceiver prior to associating, and wherein the means for associating is operable to base a decision on associating the mobile transceiver with the neighbor base station transceiver on the information on the load condition or the predicted performance of the mobile transceiver of the neighbor base station transceiver, and/or

wherein the means for scheduling is operable to determine information on a load condition of the base station transceiver, and wherein the means for associating is operable to base a decision on associating the mobile transceiver with the neighbor base station transceiver on the information on the load condition of the base station transceiver.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising means for determining information on a measurement configuration, the measurement configuration referring to a signal quality measurement carried out by the mobile transceiver on signals received from the neighboring base station transceiver.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the means for scheduling is operable to provide information on radio resources for another neighbor base station transceiver to the means for determining the information on the measurement configuration, and/or

wherein the apparatus is further operable to receive information on a measurement result from the mobile transceiver and wherein the means for scheduling is operable to determine the subset of radio resources based on the information on the measurement result.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the apparatus is further operable to receive information on a measurement result from the mobile transceiver and wherein the means for scheduling is operable to determine the subset of radio resources based on the information on the measurement result, the apparatus further being operable to determine, based on the information on the measurement results, whether an overall radio resource efficiency can be increased by the associating.

9. An apparatus for a base station transceiver for a mobile communication system, the mobile communication system comprising a mobile transceiver, which is to be associated to the base station transceiver by a neighbor base station transceiver, the apparatus comprising

means for receiving information on a subset of radio resources from a plurality of radio resources from the neighbor base station transceiver, the neighbor base station transceiver being operable to communicate with another mobile transceiver based on the plurality of radio resources;

and

means for scheduling a radio resource from the subset of the plurality of radio resources for communicating with the mobile transceiver, wherein the base station transceiver and the neighbor base station transceiver are shared between two or more operators.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the associating depends on a frame contract between the operators, and wherein a relation between the subset of radio resources and the plurality of radio resources is predetermined, and/or

wherein the means for receiving is further operable to receive information on a quality of service of the mobile transceiver, information on a lifetime of the subset of radio resources, and/or information on a trigger on when the subset of resources should not be used by the base station transceiver anymore, and wherein the means for scheduling is operable to base a decision on which radio resources from the subset to schedule on the received information.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising means for providing information on a load condition of the base station transceiver or a predicted performance of the mobile transceiver to the neighbor base station transceiver.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the means for providing is further operable to request radio resources from the neighbor base station transceiver based on a load condition of the base station transceiver.

13. A method for a base station transceiver for a mobile communication system, the mobile communication system comprising a mobile transceiver, which is to be associated to a neighbor base station transceiver, the method comprising

associating the mobile transceiver with the neighbor base station transceiver;

scheduling a radio resource from a plurality of radio resources for communicating with another mobile transceiver; and

determining a subset of radio resources from the plurality of radio resources for enabling a communication between the neighbor base station transceiver and the mobile transceiver prior to associating the mobile transceiver with the neighbor base station transceiver, wherein the base station transceiver and the neighbor base station transceiver are shared between two or more operators.

15. A computer program having a program code for performing the methods of claim 13, when the computer program is executed on a computer or processor.

14. A method for a base station transceiver for a mobile communication system, the mobile communication system comprising a mobile transceiver, which is to be associated to the base station transceiver by a neighbor base station transceiver, the method comprising

receiving information on a subset of radio resources from a plurality of radio resources from the neighbor base station transceiver, the neighbor base station transceiver being operable to communicate with another mobile transceiver based on the plurality of radio resources;

and

scheduling a radio resource from the subset of the plurality of radio resources for communicating with the mobile transceiver, wherein the base station transceiver and the neighbor base station transceiver are shared between two or more operators.

16. A computer program having a program code for performing one of the method of claim 14, when the computer program is executed on a computer or processor.