Patent ID: 8391902
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A base station for a wireless communication system comprising a plurality of base stations, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory operable to store instructions, the instructions comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor to schedule uplink transmissions among a plurality of mobile wireless communication devices by: selecting a time slot among a plurality of time slots in a scheduling time frame; for each mobile wireless communication device in a first subset of said plurality of mobile wireless communication devices, where said each mobile wireless communication device in said first subset is associated with said base station, determining a first priority factor for said selected time slot, where said determining includes: determining a potential interference profile for said each mobile wireless communication device in said selected time slot, where said potential interference profile includes an estimate of interference that, transmissions from said each mobile may cause at each base station in a subset of said plurality of base stations; and determining a correlation between said potential interference profile and a target interference pattern associated with said selected time slot; selecting a candidate mobile wireless communication device having a preferred priority index among said mobile wireless communication devices in said first subset of said plurality of mobile wireless communication devices, where said priority index is based, at least in part, on said first priority factor; and transmitting a schedule to said candidate mobile wireless communication device, where said schedule indicates that said candidate mobile wireless communication device is permitted to send uplink transmissions to said base station in said selected time slot.