Scheduling different types of receivers in a radio base station

摘要

The invention relates to a method in a radio base station (110) of a radio telecommunications network (100), wherein the radio base station (110) comprises at least two different types of receivers; a first type of receivers and a second type of receivers. The first type of receivers comprises a different receiving sensitivity than the second type of receivers. The method is for scheduling a first type of receiver to a user equipment (120) within a radio cell (115) served by the radio base station (110). The radio base station determines a distance (125) between the user equipment (120) and a radio cell boundary (127) of the radio cell (115), and schedules the first type of receiver to the user equipment (120) when the distance is determined to be within a distance range.

主权项

1. A method in a radio base station for scheduling a receiver of a first type to a user equipment within a radio cell served by the radio base station, wherein the radio base station comprises at least two different types of receivers that include the first type of receiver and a second type of receiver, the first type of receiver comprising a receiver with a different receiving sensitivity than a receiver of the second type, wherein the first type of receiver is operated for a range of distances between the user equipment and a radio cell boundary of the radio cell, and wherein the second type of receiver is operated for distances between the user equipment and the radio cell boundary that are outside said range of distances, the method comprising:
determining, by one or more processing units of the radio base station, a distance between the user equipment and the radio cell boundary of the radio cell; and scheduling, by the one or more processing units of the radio base station, the receiver of the first type to the user equipment when the distance is determined to be within the range of distances.