Method and system for delay aware uplink scheduling in a communication network

A communication framework (101), comprising:

• a processing module (206) comprising a plurality of hardware processors;
• and
• a memory module (204) comprising a plurality of instructions, said plurality of instructions causing at least one of the plurality of hardware processors to:
• estimate (304) downlink delay for a transmitter-receiver pair communication in the communication network, for a transmitter-receiver pair in the communication network, by performing a downlink delay estimation, using a delay estimation module (202) of the communication framework (101);
• estimate (306) a processing delay in the communication network, using the delay estimation module (202);
• and
• schedule (310) uplink of the transmitter of the transmitter-receiver pair, based on the estimated downlink delay, the processing delay, and a channel data rate, using a scheduling module (203) of the communication framework (101).

The communication framework (101) of 5, wherein the scheduling module (203) schedules the uplink of the transmitter based on the estimated downlink delay and the processing delay, by:

• determining (306) an uplink delay budget for the transmitter, based on the estimated downlink delay and the processing delay, via the one or more hardware processors;
• computing (308) an achievable data rate for the transmitter, via the one or more hardware processors;
• and
• scheduling (310) uplink for the transmitter, based on the uplink delay budget and the computed achievable data rate of the transmitter, via the one or more hardware processors, wherein scheduling the uplink comprises of determining time at which resources required for uplink transmission of the transmitter.

One or more non-transitory machine readable information storage mediums comprising one or more instructions which when executed by one or more hardware processors causes the one or more hardware processor to perform a method for uplink scheduling in a communication network, said method comprising:

• estimating (304) downlink delay for a transmitter-receiver pair communication in the communication network by performing a downlink delay estimation, in response to an uplink request received from a transmitter of the transmitter-receiver pair in the communication network;
• estimating (306) a processing delay in the communication network;
• and
• scheduling (310) uplink of the transmitter, based on the estimated downlink delay, the processing delay, and a channel data rate.