Method for scheduling terminals in a radio communication network, and corresponding base station

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for scheduling transmissions in a radio communication system comprising a plurality of base stations and a plurality of terminals, a base station being associated to a sector and transmitting/receiving data to/from terminals located in said sector. According to the present invention, the method comprises the steps of: —determining an area around each given sector, said area comprising a set of sectors, —allocating to said sectors in said area a scheduling priority chosen among at least two different scheduling priorities, —scheduling decisions in a sector having a lower scheduling priority than a sector belonging to said area depending on scheduling decisions made for said sector with higher scheduling priority, said scheduling decisions made in said sector with higher scheduling priority being reported by said base station associated to said sector with higher scheduling priority to said base station associated to said sector with lower scheduling priority.

主权项

1. A method for scheduling transmissions in a radio communication system comprising a plurality of base stations and a plurality of terminals, wherein a base station is associated with a sector and transmits and receives data to and from terminals located in the sector, the method comprising:
determining an area around each given sector, the area comprising a set of sectors, allocating to the sectors in the area a scheduling priority chosen among at least two different scheduling priorities, scheduling decisions in a sector having a lower scheduling priority than a sector belonging to the area, based on scheduling decisions made in the sector with higher scheduling priority,
wherein the base station associated with the sector having higher scheduling priority reports scheduling decisions to another base station associated with the sector having lower scheduling priority,wherein the scheduling priority of each sector varies from frame to frame, andwherein sector scheduling is based on intra- and inter-sector base station-to-terminal channel specific information and the exchange of such channel specific information between neighboring base stations.