Method and base station for managing scheduling performance of ngbr bearers

A method for managing scheduling performance of bearers by a base station in a wireless network, the method comprising:

• determining a configured packet delay budget (PDB) of bearers of each quality-of-service class identifier (QCI) class;
• monitoring the PDB of the bearers of each QCI class during data communication;
• determining an average of QCI divergence of the bearers of each QCI class, wherein the QCI divergence of a bearer is a percentage variation between a monitored PDB and a configured PDB of the bearer;
• and
• controlling resource allocation parameters, priority metric parameters of the bearers of each QCI class for minimizing the average QCI divergence of the bearers of each QCI class.

A base station for managing scheduling performance of bearers in a wireless network, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• determine a configured packet delay budget (PDB) of the non-guaranteed bit rate (NGBR) bearers and a configured PDB of guaranteed bit rate (GBR) bearers,
• monitor a PDB of the NGBR bearers and a PDB of the GBR bearers during data communication,
• determine an average of quality-of-service class identifier (QCI) divergence of the NGBR bearers and an average of QCI divergence of the GBR bearers, wherein the QCI divergence of a bearer is a percentage variation between a monitored PDB and a configured PDB of the bearer, and
• control resource allocation parameters for minimizing the average of QCI divergence of the NGBR bearers and the average of QCI divergence of the GBR bearers.

A base station for enhancing relative scheduling performance of non-guaranteed bit rate (NGBR) bearers in a wireless network, comprises:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• determine a configured packet delay budget (PDB) of bearers of each quality-of-service class identifier (QCI) class,
• monitor the PDB of the bearers of each QCI class during data communication,
• determine an average of QCI divergence of the bearers of each QCI class, wherein the QCI divergence of a bearer is a percentage variation between a monitored PDB and a configured PDB of the bearer, and
• control resource allocation parameters, and priority metric parameters of the bearers of each QCI class for minimizing the average QCI divergence of the bearers of each QCI class.