Intelligent scheduling in a time division duplexing system to mitigate near/far interference scenarios

A wireless communications system for scheduling at least one of transmission and reception of wireless data by at least one wireless communication device, the wireless communications system comprising:

• a plurality of wireless devices;
• a plurality of base stations communicatively coupled to the plurality of wireless devices;
• and
• at least one information processing system communicatively coupled to the plurality of base stations, wherein the information processing system comprises:
• a range estimator for:
• determining a distance between at least one wireless communication device in the plurality of the wireless devices and a base station in the plurality of the base stations, and
• segmenting at least one of a downlink subframe and an uplink subframe of a time division duplexing frame into a plurality of segments;
• and
• a scheduler for scheduling the at least one wireless communication device into at least one of the plurality of segments of the downlink subframe and the uplink subframe based on the distance determined between the at least one wireless communication device and the base station and wherein the scheduler further schedules the at least one wireless communication device into at least one middle segment of the plurality of segments of the downlink subframe and the uplink subframe if the distance determined between the base station and the at least one wireless communication device is greater than a given distance threshold.

A wireless communications system for scheduling at least one of transmission and reception of wireless data by at least one wireless communication device, the wireless communications system comprising:

• a plurality of wireless devices;
• a plurality of base stations communicatively coupled to the plurality of wireless devices;
• and
• at least one information processing system communicatively coupled to the plurality of base stations, wherein the information processing system comprises:
• a range estimator for:
• determining a distance between at least one wireless communication device in the plurality of the wireless devices and a base station in the plurality of the base stations, and
• segmenting at least one of a downlink subframe and an uplink subframe of a time division duplexing frame into a plurality of segments;
• and
• a scheduler for scheduling the at least one wireless communication device into at least one of the plurality of segments of the downlink subframe and the uplink subframe based on the distance determined between the at least one wireless communication device and the base station and wherein the scheduler further schedules the at least one wireless communication device into at least one middle segment of the plurality of segments of the downlink subframe and the uplink subframe based on determining that the wireless device is in a first proportional group of wireless devices, wherein the wireless device is placed into the first proportional group based on a size of the middle segment relative to a size of at least one outer segment of the plurality of segments.

A site controller communicatively coupled to at least one base station for scheduling at least one of transmission and reception of wireless data by at least one wireless communication device, the site controller comprising:

• a range estimator for:
• determining a distance between at least one wireless communication device in the plurality of the wireless devices and a base station in the plurality of the base stations, and
• segmenting at least one of a downlink subframe and an uplink subframe of a time division duplexing frame into a plurality of segments;
• and
• a scheduler for scheduling the at least one wireless communication device into at least one of the plurality of segments of the downlink subframe and the uplink subframe based on the distance determined between the at least one wireless communication device and the base station and wherein the scheduler further schedules the at least one wireless communication device into at least one middle segment of the plurality of segments of the downlink subframe and the uplink subframe if the distance determined between the base station and the at least one wireless communication device is greater than a given distance threshold.

A site controller communicatively coupled to at least one base station for scheduling at least one of transmission and reception of wireless data by at least one wireless communication device, the site controller comprising:

• a range estimator for:
• determining a distance between at least one wireless communication device in the plurality of the wireless devices and a base station in the plurality of the base stations, and
• segmenting at least one of a downlink subframe and an uplink subframe of a time division duplexing frame into a plurality of segments;
• and
• a scheduler for scheduling the at least one wireless communication device into at least one of the plurality of segments of the downlink subframe and the uplink subframe based on the distance determined between the at least one wireless communication device and the base station and wherein the scheduler further schedules the at least one wireless communication device into at least one middle segment of the plurality of segments of the downlink subframe and the uplink subframe based on determining that the wireless device is in a first proportional group of wireless devices, wherein the wireless device is placed into the first proportional group based on a size of the middle segment relative to a size of at least one outer segment of the plurality of segments.