US 11,700,584 B1
Use of power class as basis to control configuration of MU-MIMO service
Sreekar Marupaduga, Overland Park, KS (US); and Rajveen Narendran, Olathe, KS (US)
Assigned to Sprint Spectrum LLC, Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/448,335.
Application 17/448,335 is a continuation of application No. 16/212,252, filed on Dec. 6, 2018, granted, now 11,140,639.
Int. Cl. H04W 52/36 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2023.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04B 7/0452 (2017.01); H04W 92/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 52/367 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0452 (2013.01); H04W 72/0473 (2013.01); H04W 72/12 (2013.01); H04W 92/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling transmission over an air interface in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
serving, by a base station, multiple user equipment devices (UEs) over the air interface, wherein each UE of the multiple UEs has a respective power class defining a maximum transmission power of the UE;
selecting, by a base station, a plurality of UEs of the multiple UEs served by the base station, the selecting each UE of the plurality being based at least on (i) the UE being located at least a predefined threshold distance from the base station and (ii) the respective power class of the UE; and
based on the selecting, configuring by the base station MU-MIMO service of each selected UE, while serving by the base station each other UE of the plurality of UEs without use of MU-MIMO.