Sub-band dependent resource management

摘要

A system and method for facilitating resource management in OFDM systems is provided. The system permits different and flexible resource cell metric operations levels (e.g. uplink load management, admission control, congestion control, signal handoff control) for different sub-bands. For the uplink load management, there are multiple distinct load operation points (e.g. IoT, RoT) per sub-band group instead of the same operation level across the entire available band. The sub-band groups encompass the entire band. The facilitation system also comprises a variety of transmitting protocols, command increment variable stepsize methods and robust command response methods. The system thus provides more flexible reverse link resource management and more efficient utilization of the bandwidth.

主权项

1. A method for facilitating cell resource management, comprising:
dividing a communications bandwidth of a cell into a plurality of sub-bands; grouping the sub-bands into a plurality of groups of sub-bands where the sub-bands in each of the groups comprise sub-bands with same or similar operational characteristics, wherein at least two of the plurality of groups are associated with uplink load metrics that are different from one another, and wherein the uplink load metric comprises at least one of interference over thermal (IoT) and rise over thermal (RoT) and each of the plurality of groups is assignable to a plurality of devices; and controlling power load conditions in the cell by permitting different uplink load metric operations for different sub-band groups in the plurality of groups of sub-bands.