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 a system node and at least one cell, the method performed by the system node and comprising:
- in response to a request for service from a UE, classifying the 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 first frequencies within an available bandwidth, and wherein the cell-edge region of the cell is physically defined by a cell-edge outer boundary and a cell-edge inner boundary, and a cell-center region of the cell is physically defined by the cell-edge inner boundary;
providing the service to the UE using one of the first frequencies allocated to the cell-edge UE group;
during provision of the service, determining that the UE is performing better than other UE that are classified in the cell-edge UE group, based on at least one indicator of UE performance;
based on the determining step, reclassifying the UE into a cell-center UE group, wherein the cell-center UE group is allocated second frequencies within the available bandwidth, wherein the second frequencies are different from the first frequencies; and
continuing to provide the service to the UE using one of the second frequencies allocated to the cell-center UE group.
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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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1. A method for allocating frequencies to at least one user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system that includes a system node and at least one cell, the method performed by the system node and comprising:
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in response to a request for service from a UE, classifying the 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 first frequencies within an available bandwidth, and wherein the cell-edge region of the cell is physically defined by a cell-edge outer boundary and a cell-edge inner boundary, and a cell-center region of the cell is physically defined by the cell-edge inner boundary; providing the service to the UE using one of the first frequencies allocated to the cell-edge UE group; during provision of the service, determining that the UE is performing better than other UE that are classified in the cell-edge UE group, based on at least one indicator of UE performance; based on the determining step, reclassifying the UE into a cell-center UE group, wherein the cell-center UE group is allocated second frequencies within the available bandwidth, wherein the second frequencies are different from the first frequencies; and continuing to provide the service to the UE using one of the second frequencies allocated to the cell-center UE group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for allocating frequencies to multiple user equipments (UEs) in a wireless communication system that includes a system node and at least one cell, the method performed by the system node and 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 first frequencies within an available bandwidth, and wherein the cell-edge region of the cell is physically defined by a cell-edge outer boundary and a cell-edge inner boundary; 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 second frequencies within the available bandwidth, wherein the second frequencies are different from the first frequencies, wherein the cell-center region of the cell is physically defined by the cell-edge inner boundary; during provision of services to first UEs that are classified as cell-edge UEs, determining that the first UEs are performing better than other UEs that are classified as cell-edge UEs, and reclassifying the first UEs as cell-center UEs, and wherein reclassifying results in the first UEs switching from communicating using the first frequencies to communicating using the second frequencies; and during provision of services to second UEs that are classified as cell-center UEs, determining that the second UEs are performing worse than other UEs that are classified as cell-center UEs, and reclassifying the second UEs as cell-edge UEs, and wherein reclassifying results in the second UEs switching from communicating using the second frequencies to communicating using the first frequencies. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system node to allocate frequencies to at least one user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network that includes the system node and at least one cell, the system node comprising:
one or more integrated circuits configured to classify, in response to a request for service from a UE, the UE into a cell-edge UE group when the UE is within in a cell-edge region of a cell, wherein the cell-edge region of the cell is physically defined by a cell-edge outer boundary and a cell-edge inner boundary, and wherein the cell-edge UE group is allocated first frequencies within an available bandwidth, to provide the service to the UE using one of the first frequencies allocated to the cell-edge UE group, during provision of the service, to determine that the UE is performing better than other UE that are classified in the cell-edge UE group, based on at least one indicator of UE performance, based on the determining step, to reclassify the UE into a cell-center UE group, although the UE remains located in the cell-edge region, based on at least one indicator of UE performance, wherein the cell-center UE group is allocated second frequencies within the available bandwidth, wherein the second frequencies are different from the first frequencies, and to continue to provide the service to the UE using one of the second frequencies allocated to the cell-center UE group. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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