Patent ID: 8811213
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for scheduling physical resource blocks, the computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining at least one uplink communication from a wireless device, wherein the uplink communication includes a number of resource blocks used by the uplink communication and a power calculated by the wireless device that generated the uplink communication; calculating a power per resource block for the uplink communication; aggregating the power per resource block across multiple sites for each resource block used by the wireless device; determining whether the aggregated power is above a specific threshold for each resource block; if the power is above a specific threshold, reducing use of the resource block by schedulers at the multiple sites, wherein less than 100% of the sites are authorized to use the resource block if the power is above the threshold and one of the following is allowed: alternate sites are allowed to use the resource block, odd sites are allowed to use the resource block, even sites are allowed to use the resource block, 50% of the sites are allowed to use the resource block, a group of sites are allowed to use the resource block, and no sites are allowed to allocate the resource block; and if the power is below a specific threshold, allowing continued use of the resource block by the schedulers at the multiple sites.