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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Provided are a method and apparatus for scheduling user equipments. The apparatus for allocating resources to UEs may include: a communication unit to send and receive data to and from one or more UEs; and a control unit to perform a process of determining the first maximum throughput based on channel quality information received from one or more UEs and UE levels, performing a first-stage sorting operation on a list of UEs based on the first maximum throughput and average throughput, performing, when there are two or more UEs that have the same UE level and are adjacent in the list, a second-stage sorting operation on those UEs based on the channel quality information, and allocating resources to at least one UE in the list. Accordingly, when UEs having different UE levels compete for resources, it is possible to increase the overall throughput of the base station.