Scheduling based on channel change indicia
First Claim
1. A method for scheduling communications in a wireless communication environment for a plurality of terminals comprising:
- a) scheduling communications for a plurality of terminals to a scheduling period having a plurality of time slots;
b) determining channel change indicia associated with each of the plurality of terminals having communications scheduled during the scheduling period; and
c) scheduling the communications to an assigned time slot within the scheduling period based on the channel change indicia,wherein the communications for any one of the plurality of terminals occurs during the assigned time slot within the scheduling period, andwherein the channel change indicia can have low, intermediate, and high values and the communications associated with intermediate channel change indicia values are scheduled for time slots at a beginning of the scheduling period and ahead of communications associated with the low and high channel change indicia values, the values for channel change indicia proportional to a rate at which channel conditions are likely to change.
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Abstract
The present invention keeps track of channel change indicia associated with wireless communications with mobile terminals, and bases the scheduling of data in time slots of a scheduling period on the channel change indicia. The channel change indicia may be derived from any information that bears on the rate at which channel conditions are likely to change, such as the velocity the mobile terminals are traveling or actual channel condition measurements. Preferably, mobile terminals associated with intermediate values for the channel change indicia are given priority, and thus, scheduled for transmission before those with lower and higher values. The invention is applicable to uplink and downlink communications, and is particularly beneficial when implemented in uplink and downlink schedulers in a base station.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for scheduling communications in a wireless communication environment for a plurality of terminals comprising:
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a) scheduling communications for a plurality of terminals to a scheduling period having a plurality of time slots; b) determining channel change indicia associated with each of the plurality of terminals having communications scheduled during the scheduling period; and c) scheduling the communications to an assigned time slot within the scheduling period based on the channel change indicia, wherein the communications for any one of the plurality of terminals occurs during the assigned time slot within the scheduling period, and wherein the channel change indicia can have low, intermediate, and high values and the communications associated with intermediate channel change indicia values are scheduled for time slots at a beginning of the scheduling period and ahead of communications associated with the low and high channel change indicia values, the values for channel change indicia proportional to a rate at which channel conditions are likely to change. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A base station for scheduling communications in a wireless communication environment for a plurality of terminals comprising:
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a) wireless communication circuitry for communicating with a plurality of terminals; and b) a scheduler operatively associated with the wireless communication circuitry for; i) scheduling communications for the plurality of terminals to a scheduling period having a plurality of time slots; ii) determining channel change indicia associated with each of the plurality of terminals having communications scheduled during the scheduling period; and iii) scheduling the communications to an assigned time slot within the scheduling period based on the channel change indicia, wherein the communications for any one of the plurality of terminals occurs during the assigned time slot within the scheduling period, and wherein the channel change indicia can have low, intermediate, and high values and the communications associated with intermediate channel change indicia values are scheduled for time slots at a beginning of the scheduling period and ahead of communications associated with the low and high channel change indicia values, the values for channel change indicia proportional to a rate at which channel conditions are likely to change. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus for scheduling communications in a wireless communication environment for a plurality of terminals comprising:
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a) means for scheduling communications for a plurality of terminals to a scheduling period having a plurality of time slots; b) means for determining channel change indicia associated with each of the plurality of terminals having communications scheduled during the scheduling period; and c) means for scheduling the communications to an assigned time slot within the scheduling period based on the channel change indicia, wherein the communications for any one of the plurality of terminals occurs during the assigned time slot within the scheduling period, and wherein the channel change indicia can have low, intermediate, and high values and the communications associated with intermediate channel change indicia values are scheduled for time slots at a beginning of the scheduling period and ahead of communications associated with the low and high channel change indicia values, the values for channel change indicia proportional to a rate at which channel conditions are likely to change. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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