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Method and apparatus for scheduling various types of peer-to-peer communication links

  • US 9,049,702 B2
  • Filed: 12/29/2011
  • Issued: 06/02/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in a base station for allocating resources for one-to-many peer-to-peer communications, the method comprising:

  • creating or updating, in the base station, peer sets from measured performance information received from one or more stations;

    determining, based on the measured performance information, whether each of the one or more stations is a high impact peer or a low impact peer of stations associated with the one-to-many peer-to-peer communication;

    determining, in the base station, a preferred timeslot for the one-to-many peer-to-peer communication among medium or high impact peer stations based on current resource assignments in each timeslot, the peer sets, and the determination of whether each of the one or more stations is a high impact peer or a low impact peer of each station associated with the one-to-many peer-to-peer communication;

    marking, in the base station, potential resources in a portion of a resource allocation map based on the determination of the preferred timeslot; and

    allocating, in the base station, one of the potential resources for the one-to-many peer-to-peer communication between a transmitter station and a plurality of receiver stations.

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