ADVANCE COMMUNICATION RESOURCE NOTIFICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS HAVING OVERLAPPING SERVICE AREAS

摘要

In a communication system that includes at least a first base station (206) having a first geographical service area (12) and second base station (210) having a second geographical service area (16) that overlaps at least partially with the first geographical service area (12), a relaying mobile wireless communication device (202) receiving service from the second base station (210) receives and forwards scheduling information (204) to the second base station (210), where the scheduling information (204) is transmitted by the first base station (206) and identifies communication resources that will be used for wireless communication with the first base station. Based at least on the scheduling information, the second base station (210) schedules communication resources to mobile wireless communication devices (202, 212) receiving service from the second base station (210) such that interference is reduced, minimized, or eliminated.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a small service area (SSA) base station having a SSA geographical service area and configured to exchange communication data with SSA user equipment devices (SUEs); and a large service area (LSA) base station having a LSA geographical service area at least partially overlapping the SSA geographical service area and configured to exchange communication data with LSA user equipment devices (LUEs), the LSA base station configured to transmit, to a relaying SUE (RSUE) of the SUEs, LSA scheduling information indicating communication resources that will be used for communication by the LSA base station, the SSA base station configured to receive resource information indicative of the LSA scheduling information from the RSUE and to schedule communication resources to the SUEs based on the resource information.