Scheduling different types of receivers in a radio base station
First Claim
1. A method in a radio base station for scheduling a receiver of a first type to a user equipment within a radio cell served by the radio base station, wherein the radio base station comprises at least two different types of receivers that include the first type of receiver and a second type of receiver, the first type of receiver comprising a receiver with a different receiving sensitivity than a receiver of the second type, wherein the first type of receiver is operated for a range of distances between the user equipment and a radio cell boundary of the radio cell, and wherein the second type of receiver is operated for distances between the user equipment and the radio cell boundary that are outside said range of distances, the method comprising:
- determining, by one or more processing units of the radio base station, a distance between the user equipment and the radio cell boundary of the radio cell; and
scheduling, by the one or more processing units of the radio base station, the receiver of the first type to the user equipment when the distance is determined to be within the range of distances.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method in a radio base station (110) of a radio telecommunications network (100), wherein the radio base station (110) comprises at least two different types of receivers; a first type of receivers and a second type of receivers. The first type of receivers comprises a different receiving sensitivity than the second type of receivers. The method is for scheduling a first type of receiver to a user equipment (120) within a radio cell (115) served by the radio base station (110). The radio base station determines a distance (125) between the user equipment (120) and a radio cell boundary (127) of the radio cell (115), and schedules the first type of receiver to the user equipment (120) when the distance is determined to be within a distance range.
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16 Claims
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1. A method in a radio base station for scheduling a receiver of a first type to a user equipment within a radio cell served by the radio base station, wherein the radio base station comprises at least two different types of receivers that include the first type of receiver and a second type of receiver, the first type of receiver comprising a receiver with a different receiving sensitivity than a receiver of the second type, wherein the first type of receiver is operated for a range of distances between the user equipment and a radio cell boundary of the radio cell, and wherein the second type of receiver is operated for distances between the user equipment and the radio cell boundary that are outside said range of distances, the method comprising:
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determining, by one or more processing units of the radio base station, a distance between the user equipment and the radio cell boundary of the radio cell; and scheduling, by the one or more processing units of the radio base station, the receiver of the first type to the user equipment when the distance is determined to be within the range of distances. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An arrangement in a radio base station serving a radio cell, comprising:
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at least two different types of receivers that include a first type and a second type, wherein the first type comprises a receiver with different receiving sensitivity than a receiver of the second type, wherein the first type of receiver is operated for a range of distances between a user equipment and a radio cell boundary of the radio cell, and wherein the second type of receiver is operated for distances between the user equipment and the radio cell boundary that are outside said range of distances; a determining unit arranged to determine a distance between the user equipment and the radio cell boundary of the radio cell; and a scheduling unit arranged to schedule the receiver of the first type to the user equipment when the distance is within the range of distances.
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12. A method in a network node for assisting a radio base station in scheduling a receiver of a first type to a user equipment, the method comprising:
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signaling, to the radio base station, an indicator indicating a distance between the user equipment and a radio cell boundary of a radio cell served by the radio base station, and an identity of the user equipment, wherein the radio base station comprises at least two different types of receivers that include a first type and a second type, wherein the first type comprises a receiver with a different receiving sensitivity than a receiver of the second type, wherein the first type of receiver is operated for a range of distances between the user equipment and the radio cell boundary of the radio cell, and wherein the second type of receiver is operated for distances between the user equipment and the radio cell boundary that are outside said range of distances. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. An arrangement in a network node comprising:
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a signaling unit arranged to signal an indicator indicating a distance between a user equipment and a radio cell boundary of a radio cell served by a radio base station and an identity of the user equipment to the radio base station; and a network interface unit arranged to communicate the indication and the identity to the radio base station, wherein the radio base station comprises at least two different types of receivers that include a first type of receiver and a second type of receiver, wherein the first type of receiver comprises a receiver with a different receiving sensitivity than a receiver of the second type of receiver, wherein the first type of receiver is operated for a range of distances between the user equipment and the radio cell boundary of the radio cell, and wherein the second type of receiver is operated for distances between the user equipment and the radio cell boundary that are outside said range of distances.
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