Patent ID: 9072065
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing joint power control (PC) and scheduling in a wireless network, the method comprising: receiving, by a controller, long term channel statistics corresponding to downlink channels extending from a plurality of base stations to a plurality of user equipments (UEs), wherein the long term channel statistics are collected during an instance of a periodic time interval; identifying a plurality of scheduling scenarios that are likely to occur during the periodic time interval; generating a set of possible power patterns in accordance with the long term channel statistics, wherein each possible power pattern in the set of possible power patterns provides an optimal solution for a unique one of the plurality of scheduling scenarios; narrowing the set of possible power patterns into a sub-set of commonly used power patterns; and selecting one or more power patterns from the set of commonly used power patterns, wherein the one or more selected power patterns are implemented by the plurality of base stations during a second instance of the periodic time interval.