US20110249642A1 - Adaptive resource negotiation between base stations for enhanced interference coordination - Google Patents

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US20110249642A1
US20110249642A1 US13/084,763 US201113084763A US2011249642A1 US 20110249642 A1 US20110249642 A1 US 20110249642A1 US 201113084763 A US201113084763 A US 201113084763A US 2011249642 A1 US2011249642 A1 US 2011249642A1
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Osok Song
Aleksandar Damnjanovic
Tingfang JI
Parag Arun Agashe
Jaber Mohammad Borran
Madhavan Srinivasan Vajapeyam
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  • Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications, and more specifically to adaptive resource negotiation between base stations for enhanced inter-cell interference coordination (eICIC).
  • eICIC enhanced inter-cell interference coordination
  • Wireless communication networks are widely deployed to provide various communication services such as voice, video, packet data, messaging, broadcast, etc. These wireless networks may be multiple-access networks capable of supporting multiple users by sharing the available network resources. Examples of such multiple-access networks include Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks, Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) networks, Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) networks, Orthogonal FDMA (OFDMA) networks, and Single-Carrier FDMA (SC-FDMA) networks.
  • CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
  • TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
  • FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access
  • OFDMA Orthogonal FDMA
  • SC-FDMA Single-Carrier FDMA
  • a wireless communication network may include a number of base stations that can support communication for a number of user equipments (UEs).
  • UE user equipments
  • a UE may communicate with a base station via the downlink and uplink.
  • the downlink (or forward link) refers to the communication link from the base station to the UE
  • the uplink (or reverse link) refers to the communication link from the UE to the base station.
  • a base station may transmit data and control information on the downlink to a UE and/or may receive data and control information on the uplink from the UE.
  • a transmission from the base station may observe interference due to transmissions from neighbor base stations.
  • a transmission from the UE may cause interference to transmissions from other UEs communicating with the neighbor base stations. The interference may degrade performance on both the downlink and uplink.
  • Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications.
  • the method generally includes sending, from a first base station, a resource status message to a second base station; receiving, at the first base station from the second base station, a message indicating proposed resource partitioning between the first and second base stations, wherein the proposed resource partitioning is based on the resource status message; and scheduling resources at the first base station based on the received resource partitioning.
  • the apparatus generally includes means for sending a resource status message to a base station; means for receiving, from the base station, a message indicating proposed resource partitioning between the apparatus and the base station, wherein the proposed resource partitioning is based on the resource status message; and means for scheduling resources based on the received resource partitioning.
  • the apparatus generally includes processor transmitter, a receiver, and a scheduler.
  • the transmitter is typically configured to send a resource status message to a base station
  • the receiver is configured to receive, from the base station, a message indicating proposed resource partitioning between the apparatus and the base station, wherein the proposed resource partitioning is based on the resource status message.
  • the scheduler is generally configured to schedule resources based on the received resource partitioning.
  • the computer-program product typically includes a computer-readable medium having code for sending, from a first base station, a resource status message to a second base station; for receiving, at the first base station from the second base station, a message indicating proposed resource partitioning between the first and second base stations, wherein the proposed resource partitioning is based on the resource status message; and for scheduling resources at the first base station based on the received resource partitioning.
  • Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications.
  • the method generally includes receiving, at a first base station, a resource status message from a second base station; determining one or more parameters related to resource usage at the first base station; determining proposed resource partitioning between the first and second base stations based on the received resource status message and the parameters; and sending, from the first base station to the second base station, an indication of the proposed resource partitioning.
  • the apparatus generally includes means for receiving a resource status message from a base station, means for determining one or more parameters related to resource usage at the apparatus, means for determining proposed resource partitioning between the apparatus and the base station based on the received resource status message and the parameters, and means for sending, to the base station, an indication of the proposed resource partitioning.
  • the apparatus generally includes a receiver, at least one processor, and a transmitter.
  • the receiver is typically configured to receive a resource status message from a base station.
  • the at least one processor is generally configured to determine one or more parameters related to resource usage at the apparatus and to determine proposed resource partitioning between the apparatus and the base station based on the received resource status message and the parameters.
  • the transmitter is typically configured to send an indication of the proposed resource partitioning to the second base station.
  • the computer-program product typically includes a computer-readable medium having code for receiving, at a first base station, a resource status message from a second base station; for determining one or more parameters related to resource usage at the first base station; for determining proposed resource partitioning between the first and second base stations based on the received resource status message and the parameters; and for sending, from the first base station to the second base station, an indication of the proposed resource partitioning.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example of a wireless a communications network in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example of a frame structure in a wireless communications network in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 2A is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example of an uplink allocation of resources in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example of a Node B in communication with a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communications network in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • UE user equipment
  • FIG. 4 illustrates an example heterogeneous network in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates example resource partitioning in a heterogeneous network in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates example cooperative partitioning of subframes in a heterogeneous network in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates an example call-flow diagram for scheduling resources at a first base station based on proposed resource partitioning from a second base station, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates an example extended boundary area (EBA) between two negotiating cells in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • EBA extended boundary area
  • FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram conceptually illustrating example blocks executed to schedule resources at a first base station based on received proposed resource partitioning between the first and a second base station, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 10 is a functional block diagram conceptually illustrating example blocks executed to determine and propose resource partitioning between a first and second base station, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • a CDMA network may implement a radio technology such as Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), cdma2000, etc.
  • UTRA includes Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) and other variants of CDMA.
  • cdma2000 covers IS-2000, IS-95 and IS-856 standards.
  • a TDMA network may implement a radio technology such as Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM).
  • GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
  • An OFDMA network may implement a radio technology such as Evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash-OFDM®, etc.
  • E-UTRA Evolved UTRA
  • UMB Ultra Mobile Broadband
  • IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi
  • WiMAX IEEE 802.16
  • Flash-OFDM® Flash-OFDM®
  • UTRA and E-UTRA are part of Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS).
  • 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) are new releases of UMTS that use E-UTRA.
  • UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE, LTE-A and GSM are described in documents from an organization named “3rd Generation Partnership Project” (3GPP).
  • cdma2000 and UMB are described in documents from an organization named “3rd Generation Partnership Project 2” (3GPP2).
  • 3GPP2 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2
  • the techniques described herein may be used for the wireless networks and radio technologies mentioned above as well as other wireless networks and radio technologies. For clarity, certain aspects of the techniques are described below for LTE, and LTE terminology is used in much of the description below.
  • FIG. 1 shows a wireless communication network 100 , which may be an LTE network.
  • the wireless network 100 may include a number of evolved Node Bs (eNBs) 110 and other network entities.
  • An eNB may be a station that communicates with user equipment devices (UEs) and may also be referred to as a base station, a Node B, an access point, etc.
  • Each eNB 110 may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area.
  • the term “cell” can refer to a coverage area of an eNB and/or an eNB subsystem serving this coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used.
  • An eNB may provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, and/or other types of cell.
  • a macro cell may cover a relatively large geographic area (e.g., several kilometers in radius) and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscription.
  • a pico cell may cover a relatively small geographic area and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscription.
  • a femto cell may cover a relatively small geographic area (e.g., a home) and may allow restricted access by UEs having association with the femto cell (e.g., UEs in a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG), UEs for users in the home, etc.).
  • CSG Closed Subscriber Group
  • An eNB for a macro cell may be referred to as a macro eNB.
  • An eNB for a pico cell may be referred to as a pico eNB.
  • An eNB for a femto cell may be referred to as a femto eNB or a home eNB.
  • eNBs 110 a , 110 b , and 110 c may be macro eNBs for macro cells 102 a , 102 b , and 102 c , respectively.
  • eNB 110 x may be a pico eNB for a pico cell 102 x .
  • eNBs 110 y and 110 z may be femto eNBs for femto cells 102 y and 102 z , respectively.
  • An eNB may support one or multiple (e.g., three) cells.
  • the wireless network 100 may also include relay stations.
  • a relay station is a station that receives a transmission of data and/or other information from an upstream station (e.g., an eNB or a UE) and sends a transmission of the data and/or other information to a downstream station (e.g., a UE or an eNB).
  • a relay station may also be a UE that relays transmissions for other UEs.
  • a relay station 110 r may communicate with eNB 110 a and a UE 120 r in order to facilitate communication between eNB 110 a and UE 120 r .
  • a relay station may also be referred to as a relay eNB, a relay, etc.
  • the wireless network 100 may be a heterogeneous network (HetNet) that includes eNBs of different types, e.g., macro eNBs, pico eNBs, femto eNBs, relays, etc. These different types of eNBs may have different transmit power levels, different coverage areas, and different impact on interference in the wireless network 100 .
  • HetNet HetNet
  • macro eNBs may have a high transmit power level (e.g., 20 watts) whereas pico eNBs, femto eNBs and relays may have a lower transmit power level (e.g., 1 watt).
  • the wireless network 100 may support synchronous or asynchronous operation.
  • the eNBs may have similar frame timing, and transmissions from different eNBs may be approximately aligned in time.
  • the eNBs may have different frame timing, and transmissions from different eNBs may not be aligned in time.
  • the techniques described herein may be used for both synchronous and asynchronous operation.
  • a network controller 130 may couple to a set of eNBs and provide coordination and control for these eNBs.
  • the network controller 130 may communicate with the eNBs 110 via a backhaul.
  • the eNBs 110 may also communicate with one another, e.g., directly or indirectly via wireless or wireline backhaul.
  • the UEs 120 may be dispersed throughout the wireless network 100 , and each UE may be stationary or mobile.
  • a UE may also be referred to as a terminal, a mobile station, a subscriber unit, a station, etc.
  • a UE may be a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wireless modem, a wireless communication device, a handheld device, a laptop computer, a cordless phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a tablet, etc.
  • PDA personal digital assistant
  • WLL wireless local loop
  • a UE may be able to communicate with macro eNBs, pico eNBs, femto eNBs, relays, etc.
  • a solid line with double arrows indicates desired transmissions between a UE and a serving eNB, which is an eNB designated to serve the UE on the downlink and/or uplink.
  • a dashed line with double arrows indicates interfering transmissions between a UE and an eNB.
  • LTE utilizes orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) on the downlink and single-carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) on the uplink.
  • OFDM and SC-FDM partition the system bandwidth into multiple (K) orthogonal subcarriers, which are also commonly referred to as tones, bins, etc.
  • K orthogonal subcarriers
  • Each subcarrier may be modulated with data.
  • modulation symbols are sent in the frequency domain with OFDM and in the time domain with SC-FDM.
  • the spacing between adjacent subcarriers may be fixed, and the total number of subcarriers (K) may be dependent on the system bandwidth.
  • K may be equal to 128, 256, 512, 1024, or 2048 for system bandwidth of 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10, or 20 megahertz (MHz), respectively.
  • the system bandwidth may also be partitioned into subbands.
  • a subband may cover 1.08 MHz, and there may be 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 subbands for system bandwidth of 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10, or 20 MHz, respectively.
  • FIG. 2 shows a frame structure used in LTE.
  • the transmission timeline for the downlink may be partitioned into units of radio frames.
  • Each radio frame may have a predetermined duration (e.g., 10 milliseconds (ms)) and may be partitioned into 10 subframes with indices of 0 through 9.
  • Each subframe may include two slots.
  • Each radio frame may thus include 20 slots with indices of 0 through 19.
  • the 2L symbol periods in each subframe may be assigned indices of 0 through 2L ⁇ 1.
  • the available time frequency resources may be partitioned into resource blocks.
  • Each resource block may cover N subcarriers (e.g., 12 subcarriers) in one slot.
  • an eNB may send a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) for each cell in the eNB.
  • PSS primary synchronization signal
  • SSS secondary synchronization signal
  • the primary and secondary synchronization signals may be sent in symbol periods 6 and 5 , respectively, in each of subframes 0 and 5 of each radio frame with the normal cyclic prefix, as shown in FIG. 2 .
  • the synchronization signals may be used by UEs for cell detection and acquisition.
  • the eNB may send a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) in symbol periods 0 to 3 in slot 1 of subframe 0 .
  • the PBCH may carry certain system information.
  • the eNB may send a Physical Control Format Indicator Channel (PCFICH) in the first symbol period of each subframe, as shown in FIG. 2 .
  • the PCFICH may convey the number of symbol periods (M) used for control channels, where M may be equal to 1, 2, or 3 and may change from subframe to subframe. M may also be equal to 4 for a small system bandwidth, e.g., with less than 10 resource blocks.
  • the eNB may send a Physical HARQ Indicator Channel (PHICH) and a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) in the first M symbol periods of each subframe (not shown in FIG. 2 ).
  • the PHICH may carry information to support hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ).
  • HARQ hybrid automatic repeat request
  • the PDCCH may carry information on resource allocation for UEs and control information for downlink channels.
  • the eNB may send a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) in the remaining symbol periods of each subframe.
  • PDSCH may carry data for UEs scheduled for data transmission on the downlink.
  • E-UTRA Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
  • Physical Channels and Modulation which is publicly available.
  • the eNB may send the PSS, SSS, and PBCH in the center 1.08 MHz of the system bandwidth used by the eNB.
  • the eNB may send the PCFICH and PHICH across the entire system bandwidth in each symbol period in which these channels are sent.
  • the eNB may send the PDCCH to groups of UEs in certain portions of the system bandwidth.
  • the eNB may send the PDSCH to specific UEs in specific portions of the system bandwidth.
  • the eNB may send the PSS, SSS, PBCH, PCFICH, and PHICH in a broadcast manner to all UEs, may send the PDCCH in a unicast manner to specific UEs, and may also send the PDSCH in a unicast manner to specific UEs.
  • a number of resource elements may be available in each symbol period. Each resource element may cover one subcarrier in one symbol period and may be used to send one modulation symbol, which may be a real or complex value. Resource elements not used for a reference signal in each symbol period may be arranged into resource element groups (REGs). Each REG may include four resource elements in one symbol period.
  • the PCFICH may occupy four REGs, which may be spaced approximately equally across frequency, in symbol period 0 .
  • the PHICH may occupy three REGs, which may be spread across frequency, in one or more configurable symbol periods. For example, the three REGs for the PHICH may all belong in symbol period 0 or may be spread in symbol periods 0 , 1 , and 2 .
  • the PDCCH may occupy 9, 18, 32, or 64 REGs, which may be selected from the available REGs, in the first M symbol periods. Only certain combinations of REGs may be allowed for the PDCCH.
  • a UE may know the specific REGs used for the PHICH and the PCFICH.
  • the UE may search different combinations of REGs for the PDCCH.
  • the number of combinations to search is typically less than the number of allowed combinations for the PDCCH.
  • An eNB may send the PDCCH to the UE in any of the combinations that the UE will search.
  • FIG. 2A shows an exemplary format 200 A for the uplink in LTE.
  • the available resource blocks for the uplink may be partitioned into a data section and a control section.
  • the control section may be formed at the two edges of the system bandwidth and may have a configurable size.
  • the resource blocks in the control section may be assigned to UEs for transmission of control information.
  • the data section may include all resource blocks not included in the control section.
  • the design in FIG. 2A results in the data section including contiguous subcarriers, which may allow a single UE to be assigned all of the contiguous subcarriers in the data section.
  • a UE may be assigned resource blocks in the control section to transmit control information to an eNB.
  • the UE may also be assigned resource blocks in the data section to transmit data to the eNB.
  • the UE may transmit control information in a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) 210 on the assigned resource blocks in the control section.
  • the UE may transmit only data or both data and control information in a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) 220 on the assigned resource blocks in the data section.
  • An uplink transmission may span both slots of a subframe and may hop across frequency as shown in FIG. 2A .
  • a UE may be within the coverage of multiple eNBs.
  • One of these eNBs may be selected to serve the UE.
  • the serving eNB may be selected based on various criteria such as received power, pathloss, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), etc.
  • a UE may operate in a dominant interference scenario in which the UE may observe high interference from one or more interfering eNBs.
  • a dominant interference scenario may occur due to restricted association.
  • UE 120 y may be close to femto eNB 110 y and may have high received power for eNB 110 y .
  • UE 120 y may not be able to access femto eNB 110 y due to restricted association and may then connect to macro eNB 110 c with lower received power (as shown in FIG. 1 ) or to femto eNB 110 z also with lower received power (not shown in FIG. 1 ).
  • UE 120 y may then observe high interference from femto eNB 110 y on the downlink and may also cause high interference to eNB 110 y on the uplink.
  • a dominant interference scenario may also occur due to range extension, which is a scenario in which a UE connects to an eNB with lower pathloss and lower SNR among all eNBs detected by the UE.
  • range extension is a scenario in which a UE connects to an eNB with lower pathloss and lower SNR among all eNBs detected by the UE.
  • UE 120 x may detect macro eNB 110 b and pico eNB 110 x and may have lower received power for eNB 110 x than eNB 110 b . Nevertheless, it may be desirable for UE 120 x to connect to pico eNB 110 x if the pathloss for eNB 110 x is lower than the pathloss for macro eNB 110 b . This may result in less interference to the wireless network for a given data rate for UE 120 x.
  • a frequency band is a range of frequencies that may be used for communication and may be given by (i) a center frequency and a bandwidth or (ii) a lower frequency and an upper frequency.
  • a frequency band may also be referred to as a band, a frequency channel, etc.
  • the frequency bands for different eNBs may be selected such that a UE can communicate with a weaker eNB in a dominant interference scenario while allowing a strong eNB to communicate with its UEs.
  • An eNB may be classified as a “weak” eNB or a “strong” eNB based on the received power of signals from the eNB received at a UE (and not based on the transmit power level of the eNB).
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a design of a base station or an eNB 110 and a UE 120 , which may be one of the base stations/eNBs and one of the UEs in FIG. 1 .
  • the eNB 110 may be macro eNB 110 c in FIG. 1
  • the UE 120 may be UE 120 y .
  • the eNB 110 may also be a base station of some other type.
  • the eNB 110 may be equipped with T antennas 334 a through 334 t
  • the UE 120 may be equipped with R antennas 352 a through 352 r , where in general T ⁇ 1 and R ⁇ 1.
  • a transmit processor 320 may receive data from a data source 312 and control information from a controller/processor 340 .
  • the control information may be for the PBCH, PCFICH, PHICH, PDCCH, etc.
  • the data may be for the PDSCH, etc.
  • the transmit processor 320 may process (e.g., encode and symbol map) the data and control information to obtain data symbols and control symbols, respectively.
  • the transmit processor 320 may also generate reference symbols, e.g., for the PSS, SSS, and cell-specific reference signal.
  • a transmit (TX) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) processor 330 may perform spatial processing (e.g., precoding) on the data symbols, the control symbols, and/or the reference symbols, if applicable, and may provide T output symbol streams to T modulators (MODs) 332 a through 332 t .
  • Each modulator 332 may process a respective output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM, etc.) to obtain an output sample stream.
  • Each modulator 332 may further process (e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, and upconvert) the output sample stream to obtain a downlink signal.
  • T downlink signals from modulators 332 a through 332 t may be transmitted via T antennas 334 a through 334 t , respectively.
  • antennas 352 a through 352 r may receive the downlink signals from the eNB 110 and may provide received signals to demodulators (DEMODs) 354 a through 354 r , respectively.
  • Each demodulator 354 may condition (e.g., filter, amplify, downconvert, and digitize) a respective received signal to obtain input samples.
  • Each demodulator 354 may further process the input samples (e.g., for OFDM, etc.) to obtain received symbols.
  • a MIMO detector 356 may obtain received symbols from all R demodulators 354 a through 354 r , perform MIMO detection on the received symbols, if applicable, and provide detected symbols.
  • a receive processor 358 may process (e.g., demodulate, deinterleave, and decode) the detected symbols, provide decoded data for the UE 120 to a data sink 360 , and provide decoded control information to a controller/processor 380 .
  • a transmit processor 364 may receive and process data (e.g., for the PUSCH) from a data source 362 and control information (e.g., for the PUCCH) from the controller/processor 380 .
  • the transmit processor 364 may also generate reference symbols for a reference signal.
  • the symbols from the transmit processor 364 may be precoded by a TX MIMO processor 366 if applicable, further processed by modulators 354 a through 354 r (e.g., for SC-FDM, etc.), and transmitted to the eNB 110 .
  • the uplink signals from the UE 120 may be received by the antennas 334 , processed by demodulators 332 , detected by a MIMO detector 336 if applicable, and further processed by a receive processor 338 to obtain decoded data and control information sent by the UE 120 .
  • the receive processor 338 may provide the decoded data to a data sink 339 and the decoded control information to the controller/processor 340 .
  • the controllers/processors 340 and 380 may direct the operation at the eNB 110 and the UE 120 , respectively.
  • the controller/processor 340 and/or other processors and modules at the eNB 110 may perform or direct operations for blocks 900 in FIG. 9 , operations for blocks 1000 in FIG. 10 , and/or other processes for the techniques described herein.
  • the memories 342 , 382 may store data and program codes for the eNB 110 and the UE 120 , respectively.
  • a scheduler 344 may schedule UEs for data transmission on the downlink and/or uplink.
  • the base stations may negotiate with each other to coordinate resources in order to reduce/eliminate interference by the interfering cell giving up part of its resources.
  • eICIC enhanced inter-cell interference coordination
  • the base stations may negotiate with each other to coordinate resources in order to reduce/eliminate interference by the interfering cell giving up part of its resources.
  • a UE may be able to access a serving cell even with severe interference by using the resources yielded by the interfering cell.
  • a femto cell with a closed access mode i.e., only a member femto UE can access the cell
  • a closed access mode i.e., only a member femto UE can access the cell
  • a coverage hole for the macro cell.
  • the macro UE under the femto cell coverage area may still be able to access the UE's serving macro cell using these yielded resources.
  • the yielded resources may be time based, frequency based, or a combination of both.
  • the interfering cell may simply not use some of the subframes in the time domain.
  • the yielded resources i.e., the coordinated resource partitioning
  • the interfering cell may yield subcarriers in the frequency domain.
  • the coordinated resource partitioning is a combination of both frequency and time, the interfering cell may yield certain frequency and time resources.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates an example scenario where eICIC may allow a macro UE 120 y supporting eICIC (e.g., a Rel-10 macro UE as shown in FIG. 4 ) to access the macro cell 110 c even when the macro UE 120 y is experiencing severe interference from the femto cell 110 y , as illustrated by the solid radio link 402 .
  • a legacy macro UE 120 u e.g., a Rel-8 macro UE as shown in FIG. 4
  • a femto UE 120 v may access the femto cell 110 y without any interference problems from the macro cell 110 c.
  • networks may support eICIC, where there may be different sets of partitioning information.
  • a first of these sets may be referred to as Semi-Static Resource Partitioning Information (SRPI).
  • a second of these sets may be referred to as Adaptive Resource Partitioning Information (ARPI).
  • SRPI typically does not change frequently, and SRPI may be sent to a UE so that the UE can use the resource partitioning information for the UE's own operations.
  • the resource partitioning may be implemented with 8 ms periodicity (8 subframes) or 40 ms periodicity (40 subframes).
  • FDD frequency division duplexing
  • a partitioning pattern may be mapped to a known subframe (e.g., a first subframe of each radio frame that has a system frame number (SFN) value that is a multiple of an integer N, such as 4).
  • SFN system frame number
  • N such as 4
  • RPI resource partitioning information
  • a subframe that is subject to coordinated resource partitioning (e.g., yielded by an interfering cell) for the downlink may be identified by an index:
  • the SRPI mapping may be shifted, for example, by 4 ms.
  • an example for the uplink may be:
  • SRPI may use the following three values for each entry:
  • SRPI SRPI Another possible set of parameters for SRPI may be the following:
  • the serving cell's SRPI may be broadcasted over the air.
  • the SRPI of the serving cell may be sent in a master information block (MIB), or one of the system information blocks (SIBs).
  • MIB master information block
  • SIBs system information blocks
  • a predefined SRPI may be defined based on the characteristics of cells, e.g. macro cell, pico cell (with open access), and femto cell (with closed access). In such a case, encoding of SRPI in the system overhead message may result in more efficient broadcasting over the air.
  • the base station may also broadcast the neighbor cell's SRPI in one of the SIBs.
  • SRPI may be sent with its corresponding range of physical cell identities (PCIs).
  • PCIs physical cell identities
  • ARPI may represent further resource partitioning information with the detailed information for the ‘X’ subframes in SRPI.
  • detailed information for the ‘X’ subframes is typically known only to the base stations, and a UE does not know it.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 illustrate examples of SRPI assignment in the scenario with macro and femto cells.
  • HetNets heterogeneous networks
  • a cell may be silent on a particular subframe, allowing users from a neighbor cell that are under its coverage to be served.
  • TDM time-division multiplexing
  • eNBs in close proximity to each other may likely be from the same vendor.
  • proprietary signaling and collaboration among neighbors may be possible and, perhaps, preferred.
  • adaptive resource partitioning may not be limited to current measurement and signaling techniques.
  • Load balancing in homogeneous networks may imply changing the bias of each cell to match the load. As a result, more even distribution of offered load may be achieved. However, a lower UE SNR may be used since the strongest cell may not be used.
  • HetNets In HetNets, a similar concept may be used with enhancement. As a result, a more even distribution of offered load may be achievable, and a UE's SNR may be controlled via resource partitioning. According to certain aspects, HetNet designs may include tight coupling of load balancing (handover) and resource partitioning. Decoupling load balancing and resource partitioning may be challenging, but desirable.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates a peer-to-peer negotiation algorithm between eNB 1 110 1 and eNB 2 110 2 , according to certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • eNB 1 110 1 may determine one or more resource-related parameters associated with eNB 1 and, at 704 , eNB 2 110 2 may determine one or more resource-related parameters associated with eNB 2 .
  • eNB 1 110 1 may send a resource status report (RSR) to eNB 2 at 706 .
  • RSR resource status report
  • communication between eNB 1 and eNB 2 such as the RSR, may be sent via an X2 backhaul coupling the two eNBs.
  • eNB 2 may determine a proposed resource partitioning at 708 and may transmit a resource partitioning update request message at 710 to eNB 1 , indicating this proposed partitioning.
  • eNB 1 may reject the proposed partitioning indicated by the received resource partitioning update message for various reasons and, in response, may transmit a resource partitioning update reject message at 712 to eNB 2 , in an effort to indicate this rejection to eNB 2 .
  • eNB 2 may determine another proposed resource partitioning at 714 and may transmit another resource partitioning update request message at 716 to eNB 1 .
  • eNB 1 may accept the proposed resource partitioning indicated by the received request message and may send a resource partitioning update accept message at 718 to eNB 2 , indicating this acceptance to eNB 2 .
  • eNB 1 may schedule resources accordingly at 720 .
  • This process of determining a proposed resource partitioning and sending an indication of the proposed resource partitioning in an update request message may be repeated until eNB 1 accepts the proposed resource partitioning and eNB 2 receives an update accept message indicating this acceptance by eNB 1 .
  • the originally proposed resource partitioning determined at 708 may be accepted by eNB 1 after receipt of the update request message at 710 .
  • the flow in FIG. 7 may jump down to eNB 1 sending a resource partitioning update accept message at 718 to eNB 2 , indicating this acceptance to eNB 2 .
  • eNB 1 may schedule resources accordingly at 720 .
  • received resource partitioning update request messages at 710 or 716 may indicate one or more almost blank subframes (ABSs, also termed ABSFs) of eNB 2 110 2 .
  • ABSFs almost blank subframes
  • the message indicating the proposed resource partitioning may comprise a load information message indicating the ABSs.
  • the load information message may comprise one or more information elements (IEs) indicating the ABSs.
  • each pair of nodes may negotiate a partitioning rule between them. This does not preclude master-slave type of negotiation (e.g., a macro base station may have the final say when negotiating with a femto base station). As a result, each cell may have a set of ARPIs.
  • X2-based communication may be used as negotiation links between two cells.
  • a link may be established based on UE radio resource management (RRM) reports, for example using automatic neighbor relation (ANR) method (e.g., RSRP (neighbor cell) ⁇ RSRP (serving cell) ⁇ threshold, where RSRP is a reference signal receive power).
  • ANR automatic neighbor relation
  • an extended boundary area may be defined as an area between two negotiating cells under which a UE would prefer protected resources to be scheduled.
  • adaptive partitioning may be adaptable to bursty traffic. This may be different depending on the appropriate priority of guaranteed bit rate (GBR) versus non-GBR traffic.
  • GBR may have absolute priority in the negotiation.
  • a physical resource block (PRB) usage metric may be used to capture the burstiness of traffic and load of a cell. If full load is reached by both cells, fairness criteria may be used as a tie-breaker to update the algorithm.
  • PRB physical resource block
  • SRPI does not change frequently and may use the following three values for each entry as described above: U, N, or X.
  • ARPI represents further resource partitioning information with the detailed information for the ‘X’ subframes in SRPI.
  • the detailed information for the ‘X’ subframes is only known to the eNBs, and a UE does not know it.
  • eNBs may use X2 messages or over-the-air messages (OAMs) to negotiate ARPI configuration.
  • ARPI may use the following values for each entry:
  • the initial X subframes of SRPI may be set to ‘AC’ in ARPI.
  • an X2 setup procedure and an eNB configuration update procedure may be used. This can be triggered by a UE's measurement report and as part of an ANR procedure.
  • eNB class and access mode may be exchanged, including whether the eNB is a macro eNB, a femto eNB (closed access home eNB (HeNB)), or a pico eNB (open access HeNB).
  • FIG. 8 illustrates an example EBA between two negotiating cells, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • EBA(i,j) 806 may be defined as the EBA of cell i 804 due to interfering cell j 802 .
  • a UE 120 in EBA(i,j) 806 may be served only through the UE's interference cancellation and the eNB's interference coordination by resource partitioning between the serving eNB 110 of cell i 804 and interfering eNB 110 of cell j 802 .
  • the center(i) 808 may be considered as the rest of the coverage area of cell i 804 except for the sum of EBA(i,j) 806 .
  • the EBA of a macro cell in femto-macro scenario may be defined as the femto cell coverage under the macro cell coverage.
  • the ARPI (i,center) may be considered the ARPI of cell i for UEs not in the EBA.
  • N(i) may be considered the total number of UEs of cell i.
  • the upper layer may provide the scheduler, such as the scheduler 344 of FIG. 3 , with certain information.
  • This information may include, for each UE, the EBA that the UE belongs to.
  • the upper layer may track the UE's EBA by proper setting of an A3 event and the corresponding measurement report.
  • an event triggers a report
  • an A3 event indicates when a neighbor cell becomes better than an offset relative to the serving cell.
  • the U/AU subframes of ARPI(i,j), j 1 . . .
  • n may determine the available resources for the UE in EBA(i,j), while the U/AU/AC subframes of ARPI(i,center) may determine the available resources for the UE in center(i).
  • the upper layer may also provide the scheduler with filtering time windows for measurement and frequency of reporting. The scheduler may use the above information while scheduling resources for the UEs.
  • neighbor eNBs may exchange the parameters defined above.
  • the eNBs may exchange serving cell (cell i) parameters from the MAC layer and neighboring cell parameters from cell j via backhaul messages.
  • the eNBs may exchange new ARPI(i,j) based on internal algorithms to maximize, or at least increase, system performance and fairness. If a new ARPI(i,j) is different from the current ARPI(i,j), the eNB of cell i may start negotiation with an eNB of cell j by sending a resource partitioning update request message.
  • FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram conceptually illustrating example blocks 900 executed to schedule resources at a first base station based on received resource partitioning from a second base station, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • the blocks 900 may be performed, for example, by an eNB 110 as the first base station, and the second base station may also be an eNB 110 , which may be of a different class and/or have a different access mode than the first base station in a HetNet.
  • the second base station may be a macro base station, whereas the first base station may be a femto or a pico base station.
  • a first base station may send a resource status message to a second base station.
  • the first base station may receive, from the second base station, a message indicating proposed resource partitioning between the first and second base stations, wherein the proposed resource partitioning may be based on the resource status message.
  • the first base station may schedule resources based on the received resource partitioning.
  • the first base station may send to the second base station a notification that the proposed resource partitioning was accepted by the first base station.
  • the first base station may receive, from the second base station before receiving the message indicating proposed resource partitioning between the first and second base stations, another message indicating another proposed resource partitioning between the first and second base stations, may reject the other proposed resource partitioning, and may send, to the second base station, a notification of the rejected proposed resource partitioning.
  • the first base station may determine one or more parameters related to resource status associated with the first base station, wherein the resource status message indicates the parameters.
  • FIG. 10 is a functional block diagram conceptually illustrating example blocks 1000 executed to determine a proposed resource partitioning between a first and a second base station, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • the blocks 1000 may be performed, for example, by an eNB 110 as the first base station, and the second base station may also be an eNB 110 , which may be of a different class and/or have a different access mode than the first base station in a HetNet.
  • the first base station may be a macro base station
  • the second base station may be a pico or a femto base station.
  • a first base station may receive a resource status message from a second base station.
  • the first base station may determine one or more parameters related to resource usage at the first base station.
  • the first base station may determine proposed resource partitioning between the first and second base stations based on the received resource status message and the parameters.
  • the first base station may send the proposed resource partitioning to the second base station.
  • the first base station may receive a notification that the proposed resource partitioning was accepted by the second base station.
  • the first base station may receive a notification that the proposed resource partitioning was rejected by the second base station, may determine another proposed resource partitioning between the first and second base stations, and may send, to the second base station, another message indicating the other proposed resource partitioning.
  • the first base station may determine a current resource partitioning between the first and second base stations before receiving a resource status message from a second base station, wherein the proposed resource partitioning is sent only if the proposed resource partitioning is different than the current resource partitioning.
  • the first base station may schedule resources based on an independent resource partitioning determined by the first base station for UEs in an area covered only by the first base station.
  • the various operations of methods described above may be performed by any suitable means capable of performing the corresponding functions.
  • the means may include various hardware and/or software component(s) and/or module(s), including, but not limited to a circuit, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or processor.
  • means for transmitting or means for sending may comprise an interface coupled between a network backhaul and the controller/processor 340 of the eNB 110 of FIG. 3 or a transmitter, a modulator 332 , and/or an antenna 334 of the eNB 110 shown in FIG. 3 .
  • Means for receiving may comprise an interface coupled between a network backhaul and the controller/processor 340 of the eNB 110 of FIG.
  • Means for processing, means for determining, means for using, means for scheduling, and/or means for rejecting may comprise a processing system, which may include at least one processor, such as the transmit processor 320 , the receive processor 338 , and/or the controller/processor 340 of the eNB 110 illustrated in FIG. 3 .
  • Means for scheduling may also comprise a scheduler 344 of the eNB 110 depicted in FIG. 3 .
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • FPGA field programmable gate array
  • a general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine.
  • a processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration.
  • a software module may reside in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art.
  • An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such that the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium.
  • the storage medium may be integral to the processor.
  • the processor and the storage medium may reside in an ASIC.
  • the ASIC may reside in a user terminal.
  • the processor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components in a user terminal.
  • the functions described may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium.
  • Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another.
  • a storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer.
  • such computer-readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code means in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer, or a general-purpose or special-purpose processor. Also, any connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium.
  • Disk and disc includes compact disc (CD), laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD), floppy disk and blu-ray disc where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer-readable media.
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