Allocating Partially Overlapping Resources to Communication Devices
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsErik Eriksson, Martin Hessler
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Abstract
A method of assigning transmission resources by an access node includes allocating first transmission resources to a first device, and allocating second transmission resources to a second device, wherein the second transmission resources partially, but not completely, overlap the first transmission resources. An amount of overlap between the first transmission resources and the second transmission resources may be based on a target error rate for decoding transmissions received from the first device and the second device and/or a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of transmissions from the first device and the second device. Related access nodes are disclosed.
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A method of assigning transmission resources by an access node, the method comprising:
- allocating first transmission resources to a first device;
- and
- allocating second transmission resources to a second device, wherein the second transmission resources partially, but not completely, overlap the first transmission resources and wherein an amount of overlap between the first transmission resources and the second transmission resources is based on a target error rate for decoding transmissions received from the first device and the second device and/or a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of transmissions from the first device and the second device.
An access node interacting with first and second user equipment nodes, the access node comprising:
- a processing circuit configured to allocate first transmission resources to a first device and to allocate second transmission resources to a second device, such that the second transmission resources partially, but not completely, overlap the first transmission resources, and such that an amount of overlap between the first transmission resources and the second transmission resources is based on a target error rate for decoding transmissions received from the first device and the second device and/or a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of transmissions from the first device and the second device;
- and
- a transceiver configured to receive first and second signals from the first and second devices that are transmitted using the overlapping first and second transmission resources.
A method of assigning transmission resources by an access node, the method comprising:
- allocating first transmission resources to a first device;
- and
- allocating second transmission resources to a second device, wherein a portion of the second transmission resources overlap a portion of the first transmission resources, wherein an amount of overlap between the first transmission resources and the second transmission resources is based on a target error rate for decoding transmissions received from the first device and the second device and/or a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of transmissions from the first device and the second device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.