Scheduling communication in a wireless communication system

• US 9,788,341 B2
• Filed: 11/11/2016
• Issued: 10/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Holding 81 LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Holding 81 LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Wilkinson, Timothy, Speight, Timothy James
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Warner
• Application Number:
  US15/349,386
• Publication Number:
  US 20170064728A1
• Time in Patent Office: 333 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2601 Multicarrier modulation systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/16 Half-duplex systems; Simplex/duplex switching; Transmission of break signals non-automatically inverting the direction of transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/54 based on quality criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/541 using the level of interference
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Interference may be determined between user equipment (UE) based on distance between the UEs and location information. Half duplex communication on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) resources may be scheduled based on the determined interference.

Claims

1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transceiver;

a processor electrically coupled to the transceiver;

wherein the processor is configured to;

determine geographic position of the UE based on satellite information and send the determined geographic position to a network device;

receive information on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) resources in a time slot scheduled for half duplex communication, wherein the OFDM resources are scheduled based on an interference potential between the UE and another UE being located outside a vicinity of the geographic position; and

wherein the another UE is scheduled to transmit information on the time slot.

2. The UE of claim 1 further comprising:

the transceiver configured to receive, from the network device, a request to perform a measurement related to the determined geographic position.

3. The UE of claim 1 further comprising:

the transceiver configured to receive, from the network device, timing advance information.

4. The UE of claim 1, wherein the OFDM resources are scheduled in accordance with a transmit power level of the UE.

5. The UE of claim 1, wherein the OFDM resources are scheduled on a time slot-by-time slot basis, a frame-by-frame basis, or a multiframe-by-multiframe basis.

6. The UE of claim 1, wherein the another UE being located outside the vicinity of the geographic position comprises the another UE being located a distance from the geographic position.

7. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

determining, by the UE, geographic position of the UE based on satellite information and sending the determined geographic position to a network device;

receiving information on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) resources in a time slot scheduled for half duplex communication, wherein the OFDM resources are scheduled based on an interference potential between the UE and another UE being located outside a vicinity of the geographic position; and

wherein the another UE is scheduled to transmit information on the time slot.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

receiving, by the UE from the network device, a request to perform a measurement related to the determined geographic position.

9. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

receiving, by the UE from the network device, timing advance information.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the OFDM resources are scheduled in accordance with a transmit power level of the UE.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the OFDM resources are scheduled on a time slot-by-time slot basis, a frame-by-frame basis, or a multiframe-by-multiframe basis.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the another UE being located outside the vicinity of the geographic position comprises the another UE being located a distance from the geographic position.