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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2016
Huan Wu, Ottawa, CA;
Eddy Shi-ning Hum, Ottawa, CA;
Huan Wu, Ottawa, CA;
Eddy Shi-Ning Hum, Ottawa, CA;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A method that comprises identifying a group of user equipment (UEs) in a radio access network, where the group includes a transmitting UE and a plurality of receiving UEs. The method further comprises sending control information including probe signal parameters to the transmitting UE and to the receiving UEs. The method also comprises receiving, from the receiving UEs, performance metrics relating to receipt of a probe signal sent by the transmitting UE based on the probe signal parameters. The method may be implemented by a scheduler. As such, based on the feedback received, the scheduler may carry out more judicious pairing of UEs for uplink and downlink transmission, which may be particularly suitable when the UEs communicate in half-duplex fashion.