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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2013
Vodafone Ip Licensing Limited, Newbury, Berkshire, GB;
Vodafone IP Licensing Limited, Newbury, Berkshire, GB;
Abstract
A scheduler for a cellular telecommunications network is provided having a first base station corresponding to a first cell and serving a cell area, the scheduler being adapted to: identify mobile devices located at the edge of the cell area; obtain resource usage information of mobile devices located at the edge of neighboring cell areas; and, allocate resource blocks for data transmission based on the location of the mobile devices and the received resource usage information, wherein those data transmissions with a high priority indication and which are for mobile devices located at the edge of the cell area are allocated with a higher priority than those data transmissions with a high priority indication and which are for mobile devices not located at the edge of the cell area. An associated method and computer readable storage medium are also provided.