Scheduler for a base station of a communications network and method of operating a scheduler
AssigneeAlcatel
InventorsRalf Klotsche, Elmar Schmidberger
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a scheduler for a network element, in particular for a base station of a communications network, wherein resources required for transmitting data within said communications network are scheduled and/or granted by said scheduler depending on a request for said resources. Said scheduler comprises a look ahead generator for generating look ahead requests depending on requests and/or on look ahead requests previously received by said scheduler. The present invention also relates to a method of operating a scheduler.
Claims17
Scheduler for a network element, in particular for a base station of a communications network, wherein resources required for transmitting data within said communications network are scheduled and/or granted by said scheduler depending on a request for said resources, wherein said scheduler comprises a look ahead generator for generating look ahead requests depending on requests and/or on look ahead requests previously received by said scheduler.
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Method of operating a scheduler of a network element, in particular a scheduler of a base station of a communications network, wherein resources required for transmitting data within said communications network are scheduled and/or granted by said scheduler depending on a request for said resources, whereby providing at least one further base station with a look ahead request depending on a request and/or on a look ahead request previously received by said scheduler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.