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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2012
Suresh Kalyanasundaram, Bangalore, IN;
Vihang G. Kamble, Bangalore, IN;
Naveen Arulselvan, Raman Nagar, IN;
Balamurali Natarajan, JP Nagar 6th Phase, IN;
Suresh Kalyanasundaram, Bangalore, IN;
Vihang G. Kamble, Bangalore, IN;
Naveen Arulselvan, Raman Nagar, IN;
Balamurali Natarajan, JP Nagar 6th Phase, IN;
Nokia Siemens Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method includes determining semi-persistent scheduling acknowledge/negative acknowledge (SPS AN) resources; configuring as a first metric for each SPS AN resource a number of user equipments (UEs) for which the SPS AN resource has been configured but is not activated; configuring as a second SPS AN resource a count of a number of sub-frames in which the SPS AN resource has been activated for a UE; configuring as a third metric for each SPS AN resource a number of UEs for which the resource is configured but some other SPS AN resource is allocated; forming a fourth metric using the first, second and third metrics; selecting N SPS AN resources from the SPS AN resources based at least on the fourth metric; and selecting one of the N SPS AN resources based at least on the fourth metric when the UE is activated for SPS operation.