OFDMA reverse link scheduling
First Claim
1. A method of scheduling users in a wireless communication network comprising:
- receiving signals from access terminals, wherein the received signals indicate power spectral density per subcarrier reported by an access terminal as an offset from a control channel transmit power level;
predicting expected power requirements for subsequent transmissions by the access terminals on subcarriers of a frequency division multiplexed reverse link based on the received signals; and
assigning frequency sets of the subcarriers to the access terminals based on the predicted expected power requirements, wherein predicting the expected power requirements comprises;
determining a second offset from the control channel transmit power level; and
determining a power spectral density that is supportable by at least one of the access terminals for data channel transmissions based on the second offset.
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Abstract
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate scheduling via a power control algorithm that dynamically update a scheduling metric (e.g., adjusting transmission power for sub-carriers) based on a prediction function and/or inference model of expected power requirements. In one aspect, the power prediction component can include two further components, namely: the data channel component and the control channel component—wherein a carrier to interference ratio (C/I) information is being transmitted on such control channel and the power is adjusted to obtain performance requirements. Accordingly, an efficient scheduling of users on a reverse link in an orthogonal manner can be provided, to optimally use system resources, while simultaneously: maintaining a predetermined and/or arbitrary fairness metrics, maintaining quality of service and maximizing throughput.
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51 Claims
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1. A method of scheduling users in a wireless communication network comprising:
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receiving signals from access terminals, wherein the received signals indicate power spectral density per subcarrier reported by an access terminal as an offset from a control channel transmit power level; predicting expected power requirements for subsequent transmissions by the access terminals on subcarriers of a frequency division multiplexed reverse link based on the received signals; and assigning frequency sets of the subcarriers to the access terminals based on the predicted expected power requirements, wherein predicting the expected power requirements comprises; determining a second offset from the control channel transmit power level; and determining a power spectral density that is supportable by at least one of the access terminals for data channel transmissions based on the second offset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for scheduling access terminals in a wireless communication network comprising:
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means for receiving signals from the access terminals, wherein the received signals indicate power spectral density per subcarrier reported by an access terminal as an offset from a control channel transmit power level; means for predicting expected power requirements for subsequent transmissions by the access terminals on subcarriers of a frequency division multiplexed reverse link based on the received signals; and means for assigning frequency sets of the subcarriers to the access terminals based on the predicted expected power requirements, wherein predicting the expected power requirements comprises; determining a second offset from the control channel transmit power level; and determining a power spectral density one of the access terminals for data channel transmissions based on the second offset. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A processor configured to execute the following instructions:
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receiving signals from access terminals, wherein the received signals indicate power spectral density per subcarrier reported by an access terminal as an offset from a control channel transmit power level; predicting expected power requirements for subsequent transmissions by the access terminals on subcarriers of a frequency division multiplexed reverse link based on the received signals; and assigning frequency sets of the subcarriers to the access terminals based on the predicted expected power requirements, wherein predicting the expected power requirements comprises; determining a second offset from the control channel transmit power level; and determining a power spectral density one of the access terminals for data channel transmissions based on the second offset. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-executable instructions for:
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receiving signals from access terminals, wherein the received signals indicate power spectral density per subcarrier reported by an access terminal as an offset from a control channel transmit power level; predicting expected power requirements for subsequent transmissions by the access terminals on subcarriers of a frequency division multiplexed reverse link based on the received signals; and assigning frequency sets of the subcarriers to the access terminals based on the predicted expected power requirements, wherein predicting the expected power requirements comprises; determining a second offset from the control channel transmit power level; and determining a power spectral density one of the access terminals for data channel transmissions based on the second offset. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A wireless communications apparatus, comprising:
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a memory that retains data related to signals received from access terminals, wherein the received signals indicate power spectral density per subcarrier reported by an access terminal as an offset from a control channel transmit power level; and a processor that predicts expected power requirements for subsequent transmissions by the access terminals on subcarriers of a frequency division multiplexed reverse link based on the data, and that enables assigning frequency sets of the subcarriers to access terminals based on the predicted expected power requirements, wherein predicting the expected power requirements comprises; determining a second offset from the control channel transmit power level; and determining a power spectral density one of the access terminals for data channel transmissions based on the second offset. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method of scheduling users in a wireless communication network comprising:
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receiving signals from access terminals; predicting expected power requirements for subsequent transmissions by the access terminals on subcarriers of a frequency division multiplexed reverse link based on the received signals; and assigning frequency sets of the subcarriers to the access terminals based on the predicted expected power requirements, wherein; the received signals indicate power spectral density information received from one of the access terminals; the received power spectral density information is reported as a first offset from a control channel transmit power level; transmit power for a data channel for the one of the access terminals is set as a second offset from the control channel transmit power level; the prediction of the expected power requirements comprises determining the second offset, and determining data spectral density supportable by the one of the access terminals based on the received power spectral density information and the second offset; and the assignment of the frequency sets of the subcarriers comprises determining a quantity of the subcarriers that are supportable for transmissions on the data channel based on the determined data spectral density supportable by the one user. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46)
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47. A method of scheduling users in a wireless communication network comprising:
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receiving signals from access terminals; predicting expected power requirements for subsequent transmissions by the access terminals on subcarriers of a frequency division multiplexed reverse link, wherein predicting the expected power requirements comprises inferring, upon sending by a scheduler component a conflicting resource assignment message to a first access terminal, whether to reassign a resource previously assigned to a second access terminal; and assigning frequency sets of the subcarriers to the access terminals based on the predicted expected power requirements. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51)
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