Haynes and Boone, LLP
Small cell deployment scheduling
Data transmissions between a user equipment (UE) and a serving cell of a heterogeneous network (HetNet) are efficiently scheduled based on speed data associated with the UE. In one aspect, the UE can report its speed to a serving access point. Alternatively, the serving access point can estimate the UE's speed based on information received from core network devices. In addition, to extend the battery life of the UE, the UE can report power consumption constraint data to the serving cell, which in turn can utilize the consumption constraint data to facilitate the scheduling. Moreover, based on an analysis of the speed data and the power consumption constraint data, the serving access point can determine whether dual connectivity is to be implemented and/or whether communication data is to be transmitted via an Almost Blank Sub-frame (ABS) or a non-ABS.
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Chie-Ming Ching-Yao
Chou Huang