Patent ID: 8411646
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method that facilitates scheduling uplink transmissions in a communication network including a first base station that includes a first sector utilizing a dynamic loading offset level pattern, the method comprising: broadcasting a first loading factor based on a first loading offset level determined from a first time varying loading offset level pattern corresponding to a first time slot; broadcasting a second loading factor based on a second loading offset level determined from the first time varying loading offset level pattern corresponding to a second time slot, the first loading offset level differing from the second loading offset level by at least 0.5 dB; receiving channel quality reports from one or more mobile devices pertaining to evaluated path loss ratios during the first time slot and the second time slot; scheduling a first mobile device for uplink transmission during the first time slot on a first channel based on the channel quality reports and the first loading factor; scheduling a second mobile device for uplink transmission during the second time slot on the first channel based on the channel quality reports and the second loading factor; and transmitting assignments to the first mobile device and the second mobile device related to the scheduled uplink transmissions.