Patent ID: 11910375
Assignee: DISH WIRELESS L.L.C.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A system for scheduling wireless data transmissions comprising:
at least one computer processor; and
at least one memory coupled to the at least one computer processor, the at least one memory having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the at least one computer processor, cause the at least one computer processor to perform:
maintaining in memory data regarding each of a plurality of user equipment devices (UEs) that each have data to transfer on one of two overlapping frequency bands including a first frequency band and a second frequency band, the UEs having data to transfer on the first frequency band belonging to a first group of UEs and the UEs having data to transfer on the second frequency band belonging to a second group of UEs;
determining, at a scheduling time t, for each of the UEs, a priority metric for the UE;
allocating at scheduling time t, physical resource blocks (PRBs) to UEs belonging to the first group up to a maximum number of PRBs available for the first group, giving higher priority for PRB allocation to UEs belonging to the first group that have a larger metric than other UEs belonging to the first group; and
allocating at scheduling time t, PRB s to UEs belonging to the second group up to a maximum number of PRB s available for the second group, giving higher priority for PRB allocation to UEs belonging to the second group that have a larger metric than other UEs belonging to the second group.