Method and apparatus for scheduling transmissions in spatial division multiple access network systems

摘要

An apparatus for communications including a processing system configured to generate a plurality of spatial streams for communicating with a plurality of nodes, the processing system being further capable of determining an allocation of the spatial streams to each of the nodes based on at least one metric for each of the nodes.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a processing system configured to:
generate a plurality of spatial streams for communicating with a plurality of access terminals; anddetermine an allocation of the plurality of spatial streams to the plurality of access terminals based on at least one metric for each access terminal of the plurality of access terminals, wherein determining the allocation comprises determining a first number of the plurality of spatial streams to be allocated to a first access terminal of the plurality of access terminals based on a first antenna configuration of the first access terminal, wherein the processing system is further configured to split a high data rate signal for the first access terminal into a second number of lower data rate streams, wherein the second number is equal to the first number, and wherein the lower data rate streams are allocated to the first access terminal.