System and method for decoupling long term evolution media access control scheduling from subframe rate procedures
First Claim
1. A method for a communication network comprising:
- receiving data associated with a user equipment (UE) at a central baseband unit;
determining one or more block time scheduling decisions for a plurality of subframes associated with the data, wherein at least one block time scheduling decision comprises scheduling decisions for multiple subframes;
communicating the data to a remote radio unit;
communicating the one or more block time scheduling decisions to the remote radio unit; and
communicating the data to the UE from the remote radio unit based, at least in part, on the one or more block time scheduling decisions, wherein the data is communicated to the UE based on a primary block time scheduling decision included in the one or more scheduling decisions communicated to the remote radio unit and a secondary block time scheduling decision, wherein the primary block time scheduling decision applies to a longer duration of data than the secondary block time scheduling decision.
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Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving data associated with a user equipment (UE) at a central baseband unit; determining one or more block time scheduling decisions for a plurality of subframes associated with the data; communicating the data to a remote radio unit; communicating the one or more block time scheduling decisions to the remote radio unit; and communicating the data to the UE from the remote radio unit based, at least in part, on the one or more block time scheduling decisions. In some cases, the method can include communicating the one or more block time scheduling decisions to the remote radio unit at a first rate and communicating the data to the remote radio unit at a second rate.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for a communication network comprising:
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receiving data associated with a user equipment (UE) at a central baseband unit; determining one or more block time scheduling decisions for a plurality of subframes associated with the data, wherein at least one block time scheduling decision comprises scheduling decisions for multiple subframes; communicating the data to a remote radio unit; communicating the one or more block time scheduling decisions to the remote radio unit; and communicating the data to the UE from the remote radio unit based, at least in part, on the one or more block time scheduling decisions, wherein the data is communicated to the UE based on a primary block time scheduling decision included in the one or more scheduling decisions communicated to the remote radio unit and a secondary block time scheduling decision, wherein the primary block time scheduling decision applies to a longer duration of data than the secondary block time scheduling decision. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. 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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receiving data associated with a user equipment (UE) at a central baseband unit; determining one or more block time scheduling decisions for a plurality of subframes associated with the data, wherein at least one block time scheduling decision comprises scheduling decisions for multiple subframes; communicating the data to a remote radio unit; communicating the one or more block time scheduling decisions to the remote radio unit; and communicating the data to the UE from the remote radio unit based, at least in part, on the one or more block time scheduling decisions, wherein the data is communicated to the UE based on a primary block time scheduling decision included in the one or more scheduling decisions communicated to the remote radio unit and a secondary block time scheduling decision, wherein the primary block time scheduling decision applies to a longer duration of data than the secondary block time scheduling decision. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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a central baseband unit comprising at least one memory element for storing first data, at least one processor that executes instructions associated with the first data and a central scheduler; a remote radio unit comprising at least one memory element for storing second data, at least one processor that executes instructions associated with the second data and a remote scheduler, wherein the central baseband unit and the remote radio unit operate to perform operations for the system comprising; receiving user equipment (UE) data associated with a UE at the central baseband unit; determining one or more block time scheduling decisions for a plurality of subframes associated with the UE data, wherein at least one block time scheduling decision comprises scheduling decisions for multiple subframes; communicating the UE data to the remote radio unit; communicating the one or more block time scheduling decisions to the remote radio unit; and communicating the UE data to the UE from the remote radio unit based, at least in part, on the one or more block time scheduling decisions, wherein the data is communicated to the UE based on a primary block time scheduling decision included in the one or more scheduling decisions communicated to the remote radio unit and a secondary block time scheduling decision, wherein the primary block time scheduling decision applies to a longer duration of data than the secondary block time scheduling decision. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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