Method and apparatus to control scheduling
AssigneeNokia Siemens Networks Oy
InventorsClaudio Rosa, Troels Emil Kolding, Benoist Pierre Sebire
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Abstract
A method of scheduling resources in a communications link wherein a scheduling requests are transmitted from a first entity to a second entity including determining if any of the following conditions exist: the time elapsed since the last scheduling request exceeds a designated time; the up-link requirement exceeds a predetermined level; or semi-persistent scheduling exists; and if so, suppressing the transmission and/or triggering of scheduling requests.
Claims23
A method comprising:
- scheduling resources in a communications link wherein at least one scheduling request is transmitted from a first entity to a second entity;
- and
- suppressing a transmission of the at least one scheduling request or suppressing a triggering of the at least one scheduling request in response to determining that any of the following conditions exist:
- a time elapsed since a last scheduling request of the at least one scheduling request exceeds a designated period, a link requirement exceeds a predetermined level, a semi-persistent scheduling grant is configured, or data arrives on a logical channel and a masking parameter is set.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for execution by one or more processors, wherein the computer-readable medium includes instructions for performing at least the following:
- scheduling resources in a communications link wherein at least one scheduling request is transmitted from a first entity to a second entity;
- and
- suppressing a transmission of the at least one scheduling request or suppressing a triggering of the at least one scheduling request in response to determining that an of the following conditions exist:
- a time elapsed since a last scheduling request of the at least one scheduling request exceeds a designated period, a link requirement exceeds a predetermined level, a semi-persistent scheduling grant is configured or data arrives on a logical channel and a masking parameter is set.
A network element comprising one or more processors and one or more memories including computer program code, the one or more memories and the computer program code being configured, with the one or more processors, to cause the network element to perform at least the following:
- scheduling resources in a communications link wherein at least one scheduling request is transmitted from a first entity to a second entity;
- and
- suppressing a transmission of the at least one scheduling request or suppressing a triggering of the at least one scheduling request in response to determining that an of the following conditions exist:
- a time elapsed since a last scheduling request of the at least one scheduling request exceeds a designated period, a link requirement exceeds a predetermined level, a semi-persistent scheduling grant is configured, or data arrives on a logical channel and a masking parameter is set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.