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AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorsBo Hagerman, Bo Göransson, Davide Imbeni, Riccardo De Bernadi
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A basic idea of the invention is to provide multi-user resource scheduling and distribution based on balancing the power resources used for the different narrow beams in order to smooth the interference levels over the whole cell, area and to reduce interference fluctuations. The resource scheduling principle according to the invention is especially useful when the available resources are not fully utilized. The idea is to select, for each antenna beam of at least a subset of the antenna beams, at least two mobile users for service using the respective antenna beam during a transmission time interval, and to distribute power resources to the antenna beams for use during the transmission time interval based on the guideline of balancing the power resources among different antenna.
A method for multi-user resource scheduling in a radio communication system having a radio base station with narrow beam capabilities, wherein said method is based on selecting multiple mobile users to be scheduled for service using multiple narrow antenna beams during a predetermined transmission time interval, characterized by:
An arrangement for use in a cellular radio communication system, said arrangement configured for generating multiple antenna beams associated with a communication cell, each beam covering only a portion of the cell, the arrangement further configured for selecting multiple mobile users to be scheduled for service using multiple antenna beams during a predetermined transmission time interval, the arrangement comprising:
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