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AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsEdward G. Tiedemann, Jr., Avinash Jain, Tao Chen
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An apparatus, system, and method efficiently manage reverse link communication in a communication system having geographically distributed base stations. A base station functioning to at least one mobile station as a non-serving active base station estimates an expected coupled load due to the at least one mobile based on a previous total coupled load. The base station determines a total available capacity based on the difference between the total capacity of the base station and the estimated expected coupled load. The base station allocates reverse link resources to other mobile stations served by the base station so as not to exceed the total available capacity. Since the allocation of reverse link channels resources are controlled directly by the base station, delays due to communications with a central controller are eliminated. As a result, adverse effects of load scheduling based on obsolete reverse channel information are minimized.
A method, performed in a base station functioning as a non-serving base station to at least one mobile station served by another base station, for allocating reverse link resources to mobile stations served by the base station in a distributed base station communication system, the method comprising:
A method, performed in a base station in a distributed base station communication system, the method comprising:
A processor for a base station of a distributed base station communication system the processor configured to:
An apparatus in a base station functioning as a non-serving base station to at least one mobile station served by another base station, for allocating reverse link resources to mobile stations served by the base station in a distributed base station communication system, the apparatus comprising:
A processor-readable medium including processor-executable instructions encoded thereon for executing a method to cause a base station functioning as a non-serving base station to at least one mobile station served by another base station, to allocate reverse link resources to mobile stations served by the base station in a distributed base station communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
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