System and method for frequency and time domain downlink inter-cell interference coordination
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- setting a performance metric threshold associated with performance of user equipments (UEs) served by a plurality of small cell radios;
determining, by each of the plurality of small cell radios, one or more restriction sets, wherein each restriction set identifies one or more UE that are not to be scheduled on a particular set of resources associated with a particular restriction set;
calculating a number of UEs that are to be scheduled across a first type of subframes and a second type of subframes based on a number of UEs belonging to each of the one or more restriction sets, wherein the first type of subframes and the second type of subframes are one of;
an almost blank subframe (ABS) type of subframes; and
a non-almost blank subframe (non-ABS) type of subframes;
receiving resource allocation parameters that are based on the restriction sets, wherein the resource allocation parameters include at least one of;
a value for a fraction of resources that can be scheduled in the first type of subframes for a fractional frequency reuse (FFR) portion of one or more subframes associated with the first type of subframes;
a value for a fraction of resources that can be scheduled in the second type of subframes for a fractional frequency reuse (FFR) portion of one or more subframes associated with the second type of subframes; and
a value for a fraction of resources that can be scheduled in both the first type of subframes and the second type of subframes for a fractional frequency reuse (FFR) portion of one or more subframes associated with both the first type of subframes and the second type of subframes;
exchanging interference information between two or more small cell radios of the plurality of small cell radios, wherein the interference information includes, at least in part, an indication of whether a particular small cell radio is interfering with another small cell radio of the two or more small cell radios and an indication of the particular small cell radio that it is interfered by another small cell radio of the two or more small cell radios; and
scheduling downlink resource transmissions on the first type of subframes and the second type of subframes for user equipment served by the two or more small cell radios based, at least in part on, the resource allocation parameters and the interference information exchanged between the two or more small cell radios.
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Abstract
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving performance metric information from a plurality of small cell radios, wherein the performance metric information includes, at least in part, a number of user equipment that are to be scheduled on a first type and a second type of subframes for each small cell radio; determining resource allocation parameters for the plurality of small cell radios; exchanging interference information between two or more small cell radios of the plurality of small cell radios that includes an indication of whether a particular small cell radio is interfering with or is interfered by another small cell radio of the two or more small cell radios; and scheduling downlink resource transmissions on the first type and the second type of subframes for user equipment served by the two or more small cell radios.
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1. A method comprising:
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setting a performance metric threshold associated with performance of user equipments (UEs) served by a plurality of small cell radios; determining, by each of the plurality of small cell radios, one or more restriction sets, wherein each restriction set identifies one or more UE that are not to be scheduled on a particular set of resources associated with a particular restriction set; calculating a number of UEs that are to be scheduled across a first type of subframes and a second type of subframes based on a number of UEs belonging to each of the one or more restriction sets, wherein the first type of subframes and the second type of subframes are one of;
an almost blank subframe (ABS) type of subframes; and
a non-almost blank subframe (non-ABS) type of subframes;receiving resource allocation parameters that are based on the restriction sets, wherein the resource allocation parameters include at least one of; a value for a fraction of resources that can be scheduled in the first type of subframes for a fractional frequency reuse (FFR) portion of one or more subframes associated with the first type of subframes; a value for a fraction of resources that can be scheduled in the second type of subframes for a fractional frequency reuse (FFR) portion of one or more subframes associated with the second type of subframes; and a value for a fraction of resources that can be scheduled in both the first type of subframes and the second type of subframes for a fractional frequency reuse (FFR) portion of one or more subframes associated with both the first type of subframes and the second type of subframes; exchanging interference information between two or more small cell radios of the plurality of small cell radios, wherein the interference information includes, at least in part, an indication of whether a particular small cell radio is interfering with another small cell radio of the two or more small cell radios and an indication of the particular small cell radio that it is interfered by another small cell radio of the two or more small cell radios; and scheduling downlink resource transmissions on the first type of subframes and the second type of subframes for user equipment served by the two or more small cell radios based, at least in part on, the resource allocation parameters and the interference information exchanged between the two or more small cell radios. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. One or more non-transitory tangible media encoding logic that includes instructions for execution by a processor, wherein the execution causes the processor to perform operations, comprising:
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setting a performance metric threshold associated with performance of user equipments (UEs) served by a plurality of small cell radios; determining, by each of the plurality of small cell radios, one or more restriction sets, wherein each restriction set identifies one or more UE that are not to be scheduled on a particular set of resources associated for a particular restriction set; calculating a number of UEs that are to be scheduled across a first type of subframes and a second type of subframes based on a number of UEs belonging to each of the one or more restriction sets, wherein the first type of subframes and the second type of subframes are one of;
an almost blank subframe (ABS) type of subframes; and
a non-almost blank subframe (non-ABS) type of subframes;receiving resource allocation parameters that are based on the restriction sets, wherein the resource allocation parameters include at least one of; a value for a fraction of resources that can be scheduled in the first type of subframes for a fractional frequency reuse (FFR) portion of one or more subframes associated with the first type of subframes; a value for a fraction of resources that can be scheduled in the second type of subframes for a fractional frequency reuse (FFR) portion of one or more subframes associated with the second type of subframes; and a value for a fraction of resources that can be scheduled in both the first type of subframes and the second type of subframes for a fractional frequency reuse (FFR) portion of one or more subframes associated with both the first type of subframes and the second type of subframes;
exchanging interference information between two or more small cell radios of the plurality of small cell radios, wherein the interference information includes, at least in part, an indication of whether a particular small cell radio is interfering with another small cell radio of the two or more small cell radios and an indication of the particular small cell radio that it is interfered by another small cell radio of the two or more small cell radios; andscheduling downlink resource transmissions on the first type of subframes and the second type of subframes for user equipment served by the two or more small cell radios based, at least in part on, the resource allocation parameters and the interference information exchanged between the two or more small cell radios. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A communication system, comprising:
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a server comprising at least one first memory element for storing first data and at least one first processor that executes instructions associated with the first data; a plurality of small cell radios, each small cell radio comprising at least one corresponding second memory element for storing corresponding second data and at least one corresponding second processor that executes instructions associated with the corresponding second data for each small cell radio; the server being adapted when executed by the at least one first processor to; set a performance metric threshold associated with performance of user equipments (UEs) served by a plurality of small cell radios; each of the plurality of small cell radios being adapted when executed by the at least one corresponding second processor for each small cell radio to; determine one or more restriction sets, wherein each restriction set identifies one or more UE that are not to be scheduled on a particular set of resources associated for a particular restriction set; and calculate a number of UEs that are to be scheduled across a first type of subframes and a second type of subframes based on a number of UEs belonging to each of the one or more restriction sets, wherein the first type of subframes and the second type of subframes are one of;
an almost blank subframe (ABS) type of subframes; and
a non-almost blank subframe (non-ABS) type of subframes;receiving resource allocation parameters that are based on the restriction sets, wherein the resource allocation parameters include at least one of; a value for a fraction of resources that can be scheduled in the first type of subframes for a fractional frequency reuse (FFR) portion of one or more subframes associated with the first type of subframes; a value for a fraction of resources that can be scheduled in the second type of subframes for a fractional frequency reuse (FFR) portion of one or more subframes associated with the second type of subframes; and a value for a fraction of resources that can be scheduled in both the first type of subframes and the second type of subframes for a fractional frequency reuse (FFR) portion of one or more subframes associated with both the first type of subframes and the second type of subframes; exchange interference information between two or more small cell radios of the plurality of small cell radios, wherein the interference information includes, at least in part, an indication of whether a particular small cell radio is interfering with another small cell radio of the two or more small cell radios and an indication of the particular small cell radio that it is interfered by another small cell radio of the two or more small cell radios; and schedule downlink resource transmissions on the first type of subframes and the second type of subframes for user equipment served by the two or more small cell radios based, at least in part on, the resource allocation parameters and the interference information exchanged between the two or more small cell radios. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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