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Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2014
Applicant:

Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Maria Chi-Jui Yuang, Hsinchu, TW;

Po-Lung Tien, Hsinchu County, TW;

Jen-Shun Yang, Hsinchu County, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/10 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 28/22 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/00 (2013.01); H04W 28/22 (2013.01); H04W 72/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A scheduling method for wireless network is provided. The scheduling method is executed by a base station and includes the steps of estimating a mean arrival rate of data to be transmitted through a first wireless network by a plurality of user equipments (UEs) through a second wireless network when the UEs are connected to the base station and in need of transmitting data through the first wireless network, determining a cluster size and dividing the UEs into a plurality of clusters according to the mean arrival rate, and notifying each UE the number of the clusters and the identification (ID) of the cluster accommodating the UE through the second wireless network. The number of the UEs in each cluster is not greater than the cluster size.


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