Patent ID: 8811404
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for configuration of scheduling policy to facilitate distributed scheduling, the method comprising: receiving configuration information to provision a priority function for configuring a scheduling policy for traffic, wherein the configuration information is received at a plurality of base stations in a respective plurality of different cells for provisioning the priority function at each of the plurality of base stations in the respective plurality of different cells, wherein prior to receipt of the configuration information at least some of the plurality of base stations are configured with different priority functions, and wherein the configuration information causes the same priority function to be employed by each of the plurality of base stations, so the plurality of base stations provide similar service for traffic having similar associated traffic parameters, wherein the priority function is a parametric priority function having one or more constants configured as a function of parameters indicative of traffic or a tabular priority function comprising a table that maps values of the parameters indicative of traffic to priority metric values.