Method and apparatus for scheduling frequency selective and frequency diverse allocations in mobile communications systems

摘要

A base station (105) includes a scheduler (220) to determine a location of a user terminal (110) within a cell (125) of a wireless system (100). The cell has a cell boundary (125). The scheduler (220) also determines a subcarrier frequency diverse resource allocation for a call on the user terminal (110) in response to the location of the user terminal (110) being within a predetermined distance from an edge of the cell boundary (125). The scheduler (220) further determines a subcarrier frequency selective resource allocation for the call on the user terminal (110) in response to the location of the user terminal (110) being beyond a predetermined distance from the edge of the cell boundary. The base station (105) also includes a transceiver (215) to transmit the call according to the subcarrier frequency diverse resource allocation and the subcarrier frequency selective resource allocation.