US 12,082,181 B2
Resource allocation for cellular networks
Parthiban Annamalai, Bangalore (IN); Jyotsna Bapat, Ka (IN); and Debabrata Das, Ka (IN)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/470,142.
Claims priority of application No. 20215433 (EP), filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0201699 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/121 (2023.01); H04L 5/14 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 72/541 (2023.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/121 (2013.01) [H04L 5/14 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/541 (2023.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A base station, comprising:
a transceiver configured to (i) transmit signals to a plurality of user equipments (UEs) using a plurality of downlink channels, and (ii) receive signals from the plurality of UEs using a plurality of uplink channels, to enable the base station to service the plurality of UEs; and
one or more processors configured to:
determine, from among the plurality of UEs, a set of qualifying UEs for utilizing channel frequency sharing between one another to communicate with the base station, the set of qualifying UEs being determined based upon a distance between each UE from among the plurality of UEs; and
determine, from among the set of qualifying UEs, a set of UE frequency sharing groups, each UE frequency sharing group from among the set of UE frequency sharing groups comprising a group of two UEs or a group of three UEs,
wherein the set of UE frequency sharing groups is determined based upon a plurality of frequency sharing efficiencies, each one of the plurality of frequency sharing efficiencies corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of different combinations of UE frequency sharing groups, the frequency sharing efficiency increasing proportionally with a number of UE frequency sharing groups,
wherein a UE frequency sharing group from among the set of UE frequency sharing groups includes at least a first UE and a second UE, and
wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit configuration instructions to the first UE and to the second UE to cause (i) the first UE to use a shared frequency for an uplink channel from among the plurality of uplink channels, and (ii) the second UE to use the shared frequency for a downlink channel from among the plurality of downlink channels.