Patent ID: 9338793
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for allocating uplink transmissions from a plurality of user equipments (UEs) to a base station, the method comprising: allocating uplink transmission air-time of the base station to a plurality of groups; associating each of the plurality of UEs to the plurality of groups, a throughput of each associated UE in a same group being affected by remaining UEs in the same group; and determining a resource sharing mode associated with each of the plurality of groups, the resource sharing mode being one of a first mode and a second mode, the base station allocating a same throughput to each associated UE in an associated group of the plurality of groups in the first mode and the base station allocating a same transmission air-time to each associated UE in the associated group in the second mode, the determining the resource sharing mode includes, receiving transmissions from the plurality of UEs based on the transmitted profiles.