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Management of channel state information reporting rate in a communications system

US10064166B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 13, 2015
Grant dateAug 28, 2018
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Expiry dateAug 18, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W92/10
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to aspects of the disclosure, a method and system are provided for managing signaling in a wireless communication network. In accordance with the disclosure, a base station serves a plurality of user equipment devices (UEs) via an air interface extending between the base station and the UEs. The base station also receives, on an uplink of the air interface, a report from each UE indicating channel state information (CSI). The base station periodically receives the report from each UE according to a CSI reporting rate specified by the base station for the UE. The base station may determine that a level of loading on the uplink is greater than a threshold load value. Responsive to such determination, the base station selects a subset of the plurality of UEs and reduces the CSI reporting rate for the selected subset of the plurality of UEs to reduce congestion on the uplink.

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