Methods and apparatus for parallel scheduling of frequency resources for communication nodes
First Claim
1. A network node of a radio access network, the network node comprising:
- a scheduler that is configured to divide a defined frequency bandwidth into a plurality of bandwidth pipes,wherein the scheduler is further configured to develop sets of nodes that are candidates for using corresponding ones of the bandwidth pipes to communicate with the network node during a communication time interval,wherein at least one of the sets of nodes contains a plurality of candidate nodes,wherein the scheduler is further configured to operate separate parallel processes that are arranged for computing metrics for the sets of nodes, andwherein the scheduler is further configured to assign one of the nodes in each set of nodes to the corresponding bandwidth pipe in response to the computed metrics.
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Abstract
Various schedulers are disclosed for use within a network node of a radio access network. A scheduler can be configured to divide a defined frequency bandwidth into a plurality of bandwidth pipes. The scheduler then develops sets of nodes that are candidates for using corresponding ones of the bandwidth pipes to communicate with the network node during a communication time interval. At least one of the sets contains a plurality of candidate nodes. The scheduler operates separate parallel processes that are arranged for computing metrics for the sets of nodes. The scheduler assigns one of the nodes in each set of nodes to the corresponding bandwidth pipe in response to the computed metrics. The scheduler may divide the defined frequency bandwidth into a plurality of non-overlapping bandwidth pipes so that metrics for candidate nodes in one of the sets can be computed independently from candidate nodes in another one of the sets.
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23 Claims
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1. A network node of a radio access network, the network node comprising:
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a scheduler that is configured to divide a defined frequency bandwidth into a plurality of bandwidth pipes, wherein the scheduler is further configured to develop sets of nodes that are candidates for using corresponding ones of the bandwidth pipes to communicate with the network node during a communication time interval, wherein at least one of the sets of nodes contains a plurality of candidate nodes, wherein the scheduler is further configured to operate separate parallel processes that are arranged for computing metrics for the sets of nodes, and wherein the scheduler is further configured to assign one of the nodes in each set of nodes to the corresponding bandwidth pipe in response to the computed metrics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of scheduling comprising:
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dividing a defined frequency bandwidth into a plurality of bandwidth pipes; developing sets of nodes that are candidates for using corresponding ones of the bandwidth pipes to communicate with the network node during a communication time interval, wherein at least one of the sets contains a plurality of candidate nodes; operating separate parallel processes that are arranged for computing metrics for the sets of nodes; and assigning one of the nodes in each set of nodes to the corresponding bandwidth pipe in response to the computed metrics.
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