Method and apparatus for the selection of radio transmission resources
First Claim
1. A method of selecting radio transmission resources of a first station for communicating between said first station and a plurality of second stations in a wireless communications network, the method comprising the steps of:
- grouping said plurality of second stations based on a traffic characteristic of respective ones thereof; and
selecting, at said first station, radio transmission resources for communication with said plurality of second stations such that said radio transmission resources are used substantially equally within each said groups, wherein said selected radio transmission resources comprise a plurality of antenna elements for transmission from said first station to said second stations, wherein transmission schemes employed switch between respective ones of said plurality of antenna elements according to a predetermined pattern, and said selection of said radio transmission resources is controlled within each group by making an initial antenna selection at said first station for each new second station establishing a link based on a previous event influencing a balance of power between said plurality of antenna elements.
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Abstract
A method of selecting radio transmission resources of a first station for communicating between the first station and a plurality of second stations in a wireless communications network. The method comprises the steps of grouping the plurality of second stations based on a traffic characteristic of respective ones thereof, and selecting at the first station radio transmission resources for communication with the second stations such that the transmission resources are used substantially equally within each group.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of selecting radio transmission resources of a first station for communicating between said first station and a plurality of second stations in a wireless communications network, the method comprising the steps of:
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grouping said plurality of second stations based on a traffic characteristic of respective ones thereof; and
selecting, at said first station, radio transmission resources for communication with said plurality of second stations such that said radio transmission resources are used substantially equally within each said groups, wherein said selected radio transmission resources comprise a plurality of antenna elements for transmission from said first station to said second stations, wherein transmission schemes employed switch between respective ones of said plurality of antenna elements according to a predetermined pattern, and said selection of said radio transmission resources is controlled within each group by making an initial antenna selection at said first station for each new second station establishing a link based on a previous event influencing a balance of power between said plurality of antenna elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
wherein each of said plurality of antenna elements is a component of a transmission branch, and wherein within each group said initial antenna selection is made for a new link based on loading conditions of said transmission branches at that time. -
10. A method as in claim 9, wherein a counter associated with each group monitors said loading conditions of said transmission branches for that group.
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11. A method as in claim 10, wherein said first station comprises first and second transmit branches and a count of zero indicates substantially balanced loading conditions for a relevant group.
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12. A method as in claim 10, wherein whenever one of said plurality of second stations establishes a link and a count resulting from a preceding event which occurred in a relevant group is less than zero, a first antenna is selected as said initial antenna and said count is incremented by one.
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13. A method as in claim 12, wherein whenever one of said plurality of second stations establishes a link and said count resulting from said preceding event which occurred in said relevant group is greater than zero, a second antenna is selected as said initial antenna and said count is decremented by one.
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14. A method as in claim 12, wherein whenever one of said plurality of second stations establishes a link and said count resulting from said previous event which occurred in said relevant group is equal to zero, a second antenna is selected as said initial antenna and said count is decremented by one.
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15. A method as in claim 10, wherein whenever one of said plurality of second stations establishes a link and a count resulting from a preceding event which occurred in a relevant group is equal to zero, a first antenna is selected as said initial antenna and said count is incremented by one.
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16. A method as in claim 10, wherein a count is incremented by one each time one of said plurality of second stations terminates a link for which a second antenna was said initial antenna selection.
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17. A method as in claim 10, wherein a count is decremented by one each time one of said plurality of second stations terminates a link for which a first antenna was said initial antenna selection.
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18. A method according to claim 1, implemented in a wide band code division multiple access system.
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19. A method according to claim 1, in which said first station comprises two transmission branches.
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20. A method according to claim 1, wherein said radio transmission resources selected implement a direction of transmission in a system employing spatial division of radio channels and directional transmission.
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21. A transceiver comprising circuitry for selecting radio transmission resources of said transceiver for communicating between said transceiver and a plurality of second stations in a wireless communications network, the transceiver comprising:
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means for determining groups of said plurality of second stations based on a traffic characteristic of said plurality of second stations; and
means for selecting, at the first station, radio transmission resources for communication with said plurality of second stations such that said radio transmission resources are used substantially equally within each said groups, wherein said selected radio transmission resources comprise a plurality of antenna elements for transmission from said first station to said second stations, wherein transmission schemes employed switch between respective ones of said plurality of antenna elements according to a predetermined pattern, and said selection of said radio transmission resources is controlled within each group by making an initial antenna selection at said first station for each new second station establishing a link based on a previous event influencing a balance of power between said plurality of antenna elements.
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22. A method of selecting radio transmission resources of a first station for communicating between said first station and a plurality of second stations in a wireless communications network, the method comprising the steps of:
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grouping said plurality of second stations based on a traffic characteristic of respective ones thereof;
selecting, at said first station, radio transmission resources for communication with said second stations such that said transmission resources are used substantially equally within each said group;
wherein the radio transmission resources selected from comprise two or more transmission branches for transmission from said first station to said second stations wherein transmission schemes employed switch between respective transmission branches according to a predetermined pattern;
wherein each said transmission branch comprises an antenna element; and
wherein the selection of transmission resources is controlled within each group by making an initial antenna selection at said first station for each new second station establishing a link based on at least one previous event influencing the balance of the power between said transmit branches.
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