Scheduling in wireless communication networks

US11956771B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY · FI

Inventors

• Volker Braun · Stuttgart, DE
• Bernd Haberland · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 16, 2018
• Grant date: Apr 9, 2024
• Expiry date: Feb 16, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W88/08
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Inter-alia, a method is disclosed comprising: receiving data transmissions indicative of data to be transmitted via the wireless communication network; obtaining physical channel information indicative of one or more parameters representing channel information and/or quality information associated with at least one physical channel that can be used for transmitting the data transmissions to one or more mobile devices of the wireless communication network; scheduling the data transmissions based at least partially on the physical channel information, wherein a tentative scheduling grant is determined for at least a part of the data transmissions to be encoded tentatively; encoding at least a part of the data transmissions, wherein the encoding is performed and/or controlled in a tentative fashion upon reception of the data transmissions, wherein the data transmissions are encoded based on the tentative scheduling grant; and outputting the encoded data transmissions upon completion of the encoding. It is further disclosed an according apparatus, computer program and system.