Apparatus, method, computer program and base station transceiver for selecting users

摘要

Method, apparatus and computer program for selecting users from a group of users to be assigned to radio resources from a set of radio resources, a radio resource being used for communicating packet switched data between users and a mobile communication system. The apparatus (10) comprises means for grouping (12) a plurality of subgroups of users from the group of users and means for forming (14) a plurality of assignment sets, an assignment set comprising one radio resource from the set of radio resources and one user from each of the plurality of subgroups, the plurality of assignment sets comprising one assignment set for each combination of a radio resource from the set of radio resources with the users from the subgroups. The apparatus (10) further comprises means for determining (16) a quality measure ( c ijk ) for each of the assignment sets, the quality measure of an assignment set comprising information on a communication quality achieved when jointly using the radio resource of the assignment set for communicating packet switched data between the users of the assignment set and the mobile communication system and means for selecting (18) a subset of assignment sets from the plurality of assignments sets based on the quality measures, the subset of assignment sets comprising one assignment set for each radio resource from the set of radio resources.