Patent ID: 7903605
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: H04B,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for scheduling transmissions by a plurality of base stations that serves a plurality of users in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: calculating, in a scheduling device, throughput gains for a plurality of subchannels between each user and each base station that result from incrementing power allocated to each sub channel by a selected amount; calculating, in the scheduling, device, interference penalties for the plurality of subchannels between each user and each base station that result from incrementing the power allocated to each sub channel by the selected amount; calculating, in the scheduling device, a transmission credit for each sub channel by setting each transmission credit equal to a measure of a difference between a throughput gain for each sub channel and an interference penalty for each sub channel and a power penalty for each base station; and allocating, in the scheduling device, an incremented power to each sub channel based on the transmission credit for each sub channel.