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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2016
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Bikramjit Singh, Espoo, FI;
Olav Tirkkonen, Helsinki, FI;
Zexian Li, Espoo, FI;
Mikko Aleksi Uusitalo, Helsinki, FI;
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A technique includes determining a number of available resources for a category of user devices, determining a number of user devices, within the category of user devices, that are connected to a base station, determining whether the number of available resources is greater than or equal to the number of connected user devices, allocating resources to one or more user devices within the category of user devices using a scheduling-based resource allocation if the number of available resources for the category is greater than or equal to the number of connected user devices within the category of user devices, and otherwise, allocating resources to one or more user devices within the category of user devices using a contention-based resource allocation if the number of available resources for the category is less than the number of connected user devices within the category of user devices.