| 摘要 |
A method, computer program and base station are disclosed. The method is performed at a base station providing radio coverage within a cell of a cellular wireless communication network. The method comprises: prior to scheduling cellular traffic within a frequency band used by at least one access point located within the cell and supporting non-cellular wireless communication, determining an indication of operational characteristics of the at least one access point within the cell; assessing, based on a comparison of the determined operational characteristics of the at least one access point within the cell with operational characteristics of the base station providing the radio coverage within the cell, a proportion of time that the frequency band may be used by the base station; and scheduling transmission of the cellular traffic in the frequency band in accordance with the assessed proportion of time. Aspects and embodiments may provide a configurable fair method according which the mode of operation of a scheduled cellular system can be intelligently chosen to cause a predictable degree of disruption to a contention-based system which shares resource with the scheduled cellular system. |
