US 12,219,547 B2
Method, network device and network node for scheduling terminal devices
Chunhui Liu, Beijing (CN); Yongqian Chen, Beijing (CN); and Bin Li, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/614,861
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed May 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/088999
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/237526, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0225345 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/12 (2023.01); H04W 72/121 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/121 (2013.01) 20 Claims
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1. A method in a network device for scheduling terminal devices, the method comprising:
determining a grouping policy based on one or more attributes of terminal devices served by the network device in a previous time period;
dividing terminal devices to be scheduled into a number of groups in accordance with the grouping policy;
assigning a set of resources to each of the groups; and
scheduling the terminal devices to be scheduled in each of the groups in the set of resources assigned to that group.