Apparatus and method for scheduling packets
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsJari Petteri Lunden, Markku Tapani Kuusela
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising a controller for controlling radio communication using communication resources for user data communication, and control resources for controlling communication on the communication resources, an allocator for allocating mobile stations to use at least one of a dynamic allocation and a persistent allocation, each allocation defining a different utilization of the control resources and communication resources, a monitor for monitoring one or more reallocation conditions associated with at least one of the dynamic allocation and the persistent allocation, and a reallocator configured to reallocate at least one mobile station if one of the one or more reallocation conditions is fulfilled.
Claims22
An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program instructions, the at least one memory and the computer program instructions configured to, with the at least one processor, direct the apparatus at least to:
- control radio communication using communication resources for user data communication and control resources to indicate assignment of the communication resources;
- cause allocation of mobile stations to use at least one of a dynamic allocation and a persistent allocation, wherein each allocation defines a different utilization of the control resources and the communication resources in a radio system;
- cause monitoring of one or more reallocation conditions associated with at least one of the dynamic allocation and the persistent allocation;
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- cause reallocation of at least one mobile station in an instance in which at least one of the one or more reallocation conditions is fulfilled;
- wherein the reallocation condition associated with the persistent allocation is a number of reserved communication resources in the radio system exceeding a predetermined threshold value, the predetermined threshold value being based on system performance, and
- wherein the apparatus is further directed to cause reallocation, in an instance in which the reallocation condition associated with the persistent allocation is fulfilled, of at least one of the mobile stations from the persistent allocation to the dynamic allocation.
An apparatus comprising:
- controlling means for controlling radio communication using communication resources for user data communication and control resources to indicate allocation of the communication resources;
- allocating means for causing allocation of mobile stations to use at least one of a dynamic allocation and a persistent allocation, wherein each allocation defines a different utilization of the control resources and the communication resources in a radio system;
- monitoring means for causing monitoring of one or more reallocation conditions associated with at least one of the dynamic allocation and the persistent allocation;
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- reallocating means for causing reallocation of at least one mobile station in an instance in which at least one of the one or more reallocation conditions is fulfilled;
- wherein the reallocation condition associated with the persistent allocation is a number of reserved communication resources in the radio system exceeding a predetermined threshold value, the predetermined threshold value being based on system performance, and
- wherein the apparatus further comprises means for causing reallocation, in an instance in which the reallocation condition associated with the persistent allocation is fulfilled, of at least one of the mobile stations from the persistent allocation to the dynamic allocation.
A method, comprising:
- controlling radio communication using communication resources for user data communication and control resources to indicate allocation of the communication resources;
- causing allocating of mobile stations to use at least one of a dynamic allocation and a persistent allocation, wherein each allocation defines a different utilization of the control resources and the communication resources in a radio system;
- causing monitoring of one or more reallocation conditions associated with at least one of the dynamic allocation or the persistent allocation;
- and
- causing reallocating of at least one mobile station in an instance in which at least one of the one or more reallocation conditions is fulfilled;
- wherein the reallocation condition associated with the persistent allocation is a number of reserved communication resources in the radio system exceeding a predetermined threshold value, the predetermined threshold value being based on system performance, and
- wherein the method further comprises causing reallocating, in an instance in which the reallocation condition associated with the persistent allocation is fulfilled, of at least one of the mobile stations from the persistent allocation to the dynamic allocation.
A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform a process, the process comprising:
- controlling radio communication using communication resources for user data communication and control resources to indicate allocation of the communication resources;
- causing allocation of mobile stations to use at least one of a dynamic allocation and a persistent allocation, wherein each allocation defines a different utilization of the control resources and the communication resources in a radio system;
- causing monitoring of one or more reallocation conditions associated with at least one of the dynamic allocation or the persistent allocation;
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- causing reallocating of at least one mobile station in an instance in which at least one of the one or more reallocation conditions is fulfilled;
- wherein the reallocation condition associated with the persistent allocation is a number of reserved communication resources in the radio system exceeding a predetermined threshold value, the predetermined threshold value being based on system performance, and
- wherein the process further comprises causing reallocating, in an instance in which the reallocation condition associated with the persistent allocation is fulfilled, of at least one of the mobile stations from the persistent allocation to the dynamic allocation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.