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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2009
Applicants:
David Bevan, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Simon Gale, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Julius Robson, Isle of Wight, GB;
Peter Deane, Fitzroy Harbour, CA;
Inventors:
David Bevan, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Simon Gale, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Julius Robson, Isle of Wight, GB;
Peter Deane, Fitzroy Harbour, CA;
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04B 7/04 (2006.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/121 (2013.01); H04B 7/0452 (2013.01); H04W 72/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining whether two user equipments (UEs) in a wireless network can be co-scheduled by an uplink scheduler. The method includes the determination of orthogonality factors for each pair of equipments to be considered and, from the orthogonality factors, selecting UEs to be co-scheduled.