Slot allocation, user grouping, and frame partition method for H-FDD systems
First Claim
1. A method for establishing duplex communication between a base station and a plurality of remote stations, wherein the duplex communication is partitioned into a series of frames, each frame including (i) a total integer number of slots, N, for down-link communication and (ii) a total integer number of slots, M, for up-link communication, the method comprising:
- assigning, to each remote station, a respective down-link data rate and a respective up-link data rate for communication between that remote station and the base station;
providing for each remote station, using the base station, a respective down-link slot allocation for communication between that remote station and the base station, wherein the down-link slot allocation comprises a number of slots of the total slots N; and
providing for each remote station, using the base station, a respective up-link slot allocation for communication between that remote station and the at least one base station, wherein the up-link slot allocation comprises a number of slots of the total slots M,wherein each remote station has a respective weighted down-link data rate associated with the respective down-link data rate assigned to that remote station, and each remote station has a respective weighted up-link data rate associated with the respective up-link data rate assigned to that remote station,whereby a minimum of the respective weighted down-link data rates varies with the respective down-link slot allocation for each remote station, and a minimum of the respective weighted up-link data rates varies with the respective up-link slot allocation for each remote station, andwherein the base station determines the respective down-link slot allocations of the plurality of remote stations and the respective up-link slot allocations of the plurality of remote stations so as to maximize the minimum of the weighted down-link data rates and of the weighted up-link data rates of the plurality of remote stations.
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Abstract
Communication between a base station and remote stations is partitioned into frames, each including subframes having a number of slots that are allocated based on data rates for each remote station. For communication in a half-duplex mode, multiple subframes are used, each separated by a frame partition, such that a first user group of remote stations can receive down-link data in a first subframe while another user group of remote stations can transmit up-link data during that same subframe. For the next subframe, the converse happens. Slot allocation is achieved in such a half-duplex system based on weighted down-link and up-link data rates and without first or simultaneously determining user group allocation or frame partition, which are instead determined in response to the determined slot allocations for each remote station, e.g., using a linear programming technique.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for establishing duplex communication between a base station and a plurality of remote stations, wherein the duplex communication is partitioned into a series of frames, each frame including (i) a total integer number of slots, N, for down-link communication and (ii) a total integer number of slots, M, for up-link communication, the method comprising:
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assigning, to each remote station, a respective down-link data rate and a respective up-link data rate for communication between that remote station and the base station; providing for each remote station, using the base station, a respective down-link slot allocation for communication between that remote station and the base station, wherein the down-link slot allocation comprises a number of slots of the total slots N; and providing for each remote station, using the base station, a respective up-link slot allocation for communication between that remote station and the at least one base station, wherein the up-link slot allocation comprises a number of slots of the total slots M, wherein each remote station has a respective weighted down-link data rate associated with the respective down-link data rate assigned to that remote station, and each remote station has a respective weighted up-link data rate associated with the respective up-link data rate assigned to that remote station, whereby a minimum of the respective weighted down-link data rates varies with the respective down-link slot allocation for each remote station, and a minimum of the respective weighted up-link data rates varies with the respective up-link slot allocation for each remote station, and wherein the base station determines the respective down-link slot allocations of the plurality of remote stations and the respective up-link slot allocations of the plurality of remote stations so as to maximize the minimum of the weighted down-link data rates and of the weighted up-link data rates of the plurality of remote stations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for establishing duplex communication in a slot-based communication system, wherein communication is among a base station and a plurality of remote stations over a series of frames, each frame including (i) a total integer number of slots, N, for down-link communications and (ii) a total integer number of slots, M, for up-link communications, the method comprising:
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identifying for each remote station of the plurality of remote stations, using the base station, a respective down-link data rate and a respective up-link data rate for communication between the remote station and the base station, wherein each remote station has (i) a respective down-link weighting factor indicative of a respective desired down-link quality of service level of the remote station and (ii) a respective up-link weighting factor indicative of a respective desired up-link quality of service level of the remote station, wherein each remote station has a respective weighted down-link data rate associated with (i) the respective down-link data rate and (ii) the respective down-link weighting factor, and wherein each remote station has a respective weighted up-link data rate associated with (i) the respective up-link data rate and (ii) the respective up-link weighting factor; assigning to each of the plurality of remote stations, using the base station, (i) a respective down-link slot allocation for receiving down-link data from the base station during the frame and (ii) a respective up-link slot allocation for transmitting up-link data to the base station during the frame, so as to maximize the minimum of the respective weighted down-link data rates and of the respective weighted up-link data rates of the plurality of remote stations; assigning, using the base station, each of the plurality of remote stations to one of a first user group and a second user group based on (i) the assigned respective down-link slot allocation and (ii) the assigned respective up-link slot allocation for each of the remote stations, wherein remote stations in the first user group are to receive down-link data in a first subframe and communicate up-link data in a second subframe, and wherein remote stations in the second user group are to communicate up-link data in the first subframe and receive down-link data in the second subframe; and determining, using the base station, a frame partition separating the first subframe from the second subframe based on the assigned respective down-link slot allocation and the assigned respective up-link slot allocation for each of the remote stations. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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