Resource allocation and scheduling for wireless networks with self-backhauled links
AssigneeNokia Solutions and Networks Oy
InventorsRicha Gupta, Suresh Kalyanasundaram
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Abstract
A technique is provided for allocating resources in a wireless network that includes one or more macro user devices served by a macro base station associated with a macro cell and a micro base station associated with a small cell that is served by the macro base station, including determining a portion of downlink resources allocated to a self-backhaul link between the macro base station and the micro base station for the small cell, determining that a threshold condition is exceeded with respect to the self-backhaul link for the small cell, and decreasing, based on the determining, the portion of downlink resources allocated to the self-backhaul link for the small cell.
Claims31
A method of allocating resources in a wireless network that includes one or more macro user devices served by a macro base station associated with a macro cell and a micro base station associated with a small cell that is served by the macro base station, the method comprising:
- determining a portion of downlink resources allocated to a self-backhaul link between the macro base station and the micro base station for the small cell;
- determining that a threshold condition for data rates is exceeded with respect to the self-backhaul link for the small cell;
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- decreasing, based on the determining, the portion of downlink resources allocated to the self-backhaul link for the small cell.
An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
- allocate resources in a wireless network that includes one or more macro user devices served by a macro base station associated with a macro cell and a micro base station associated with a small cell that is served by the macro base station, including:
- determine a portion of downlink resources allocated to a self-backhaul link between the macro base station and the micro base station for the small cell;
- determine that a threshold condition for data rates is exceeded with respect to the self-backhaul link for the small cell;
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- decrease, based on the determining, the portion of downlink resources allocated to the self-backhaul link for the small cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.