METHOD AND NETWORK NODE FOR DOWNLINK SCHEDULING IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK

摘要

The present disclosure relates to a method in a scheduling node for selecting a downlink resource allocation scheme in a mobile communication network including a plurality of at least partially overlapping sectors. The selected downlink resource allocation scheme is applicable to downlink transmission in at least a current transmission time interval to user equipments located in a one or more of the plurality of at least partially overlapping sectors. The disclosed method comprises the step of selecting a set of user equipments connected to the scheduling node. For each user equipment in the selected set of user equipments, the method further comprises the step of determining sector isolation properties of each sector. A downlink resource allocation scheme is selected wherein at least one sector is disabled for downlink transmission to user equipment in the set of user equipments based on determined sector isolation properties. The disclosure also relates to a method of allocating downlink data transmission resources in a mobile communication network, a scheduling node and a computer program comprising computer program code executed in the scheduling node.

主权项

1. A method in a scheduling node for selecting a downlink resource allocation scheme in a mobile communication network including a plurality of at least partially overlapping sectors, the selected downlink resource allocation scheme being applicable to downlink transmission in at least a current transmission time interval to user equipments located in a one or more of the plurality of at least partially overlapping sectors, the method comprising:
selecting a set of user equipments connected to the scheduling node; for each user equipment in the selected set of user equipments, determining sector isolation properties of each sector; and selecting a downlink resource allocation scheme, wherein at least one sector is disabled for downlink transmission to user equipment in the set of user equipments based on determined sector isolation properties.