PARTITIONING A COORDINATION AREA IN A WIRELESS NETWORK

摘要

The present invention relates to a wireless network, and more specifically, to a method and apparatus for partitioning a coordination area in a wireless network, the method comprising: obtaining antenna directions of respective cells, base station locations of respective cells, and scope of a coordination area within the wireless network; determining an initial coordination area based on the scope of the coordination area and the base station locations in respective cells; partitioning the initial coordination area into an inner area and an outer area; partitioning the outer area into an inward area and an outward area based on the antenna directions of cells within the outer area and the base station locations of cells within the outer area; and combining the inner area and the inward area within the outer area into a new coordination area. The method is simple and easy. It may solve a problem of coordination area edge caused by partitioning a coordination area and meanwhile avoid the association between coordination areas, thereby reducing the complexity of scheduling.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for partitioning a coordination area in a wireless network, the method comprising:
obtaining an antenna direction for each of a plurality of respective cells, a base station location for each of the plurality of respective cells, and a scope of a coordination area within the wireless network; determining an initial coordination area based on the scope of the coordination area and the base station location in each of the plurality of respective cells; partitioning the initial coordination area into an inner area and an outer area; partitioning the outer area into an inward area and an outward area based on a plurality of antenna directions of the plurality of respective cells within the outer area and a plurality of base station locations of the plurality of respective cells within the outer area; and combining the inner area and the inward area within the outer area into a new coordination area.