Patent ID: 7760685
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of scheduling a user for receiving a transmission, comprising: selecting, at a network element, a user from a user population based on a parameter that is tracked for each user in the user population; determining, at a network element, for a given timeslot, a running average data rate for each beam of a finite plurality of selectable beams based on past reports that, for each beam, have been previously received from the selected user; selecting, at a network element, a beam having the highest running average data rate as a preferred beam for the selected user; transmitting, at a network element, a pilot signal to the user population using the preferred beam; receiving, at a network element, reports from each user in the user population in response to the pilot signal transmitted using the preferred beam; and scheduling, at a network element, a user in the user population to receive a next transmission on the preferred beam, based on the reports received.