US 12,342,184 B2
Efficient scheduling of terminal devices
Fredrik Athley, Kullavik (SE); Andreas Nilsson, Gothenburg (SE); and Sven Petersson, Sävedalen (SE)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/795,449
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Jan. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/052071
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/151472, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0119660 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/12 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 16/28 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0695 (2013.01); H04L 5/0051 (2013.01); H04W 72/12 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for scheduling communication with terminal devices, the method being performed by a network node, the method comprising:
receiving, in response to having performed a beam management procedure involving transmission of reference signals in a set of beams including a first beam and a second beam, a first beam report from a first terminal device and a second beam report from a second terminal device, the first beam report indicating the first beam as being top ranked by the first terminal device and the second beam report indicating the second beam as being ranked by the second terminal device higher than the first beam;
obtaining information indicating an estimated performance difference associated with a beam pair consisting of the first beam and the second beam, wherein the estimated performance difference is based on a difference between an estimated performance associated with the first beam and an estimated performance associated with the second beam;
determining whether to schedule communication for the second terminal device in the first beam based on the information indicating the estimated performance difference; and
scheduling communication for the terminal devices in beams of the set of beams, wherein the first terminal device and the second terminal device are both scheduled in the first beam.