Claims
- 1. A method for the simultaneous conveyance of information between multiple subscriber equipment and multiple antennas of a wireless communication system, the method comprises the steps of:
scheduling a plurality of subscriber equipment to communication channels of the communication system based on sets of channel conditions associated with the subscribers.
- 2. The method of claim 1 where the step of scheduling a plurality of subscribers comprises:
scheduling the subscriber equipment to uplink communication channels based on sets of uplink channel conditions received over uplink traffic channels being used by the subscribers; and scheduling the subscriber equipment to downlink communication channels based on sets of downlink channel conditions received over uplink signaling channels responding to downlink channel transmissions to the subscribers.
- 3. The method of claim 2 where the step of scheduling the subscriber equipment to uplink communication channels comprises the steps of:
receiving uplink signals over the uplink communication channels; processing the received signals by measuring various signal characteristics of the signals; determining sets of uplink channel conditions from the measured channel conditions; and applying the sets of uplink channel conditions to a scheduler.
- 4. The method of claim 3 where the received uplink signals comprise traffic signals and signaling signals from the subscribers.
- 5. The method of claim 2 where the step of scheduling the subscriber equipment to downlink communication channels comprises the steps of:
receiving, over an uplink communication channel, signaling information containing signal characteristic measurements for signals transmitted over the downlink channel by system equipment; processing the signal characteristic measurement; determining sets of downlink channel conditions from the signal characteristic measurements; and applying the sets of downlink channel conditions to a scheduler.
- 6. The method of claim 1 where the scheduled set of subscriber equipment have an aggregate information rate that is higher than any other set of subscriber equipment requesting access to the communication system.
- 7. The method of claim 6 where the scheduled set comprises:
a set of subscriber equipment requesting access to the communication system which set of subscriber equipment has a higher downlink information rate than any other set of subscriber equipment requesting access to the communication system; and a set of subscriber equipment requesting access to the communication system which set of subscribers has a higher uplink information rate than any other set of subscriber equipment requesting access to the communication system.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Related subject matter is disclosed in the following applications concurrently filed herewith: U.S. patent applications entitled “Method For Multi-Antenna Scheduling of HDR Wireless Communication Systems”, Ser. No. ______ and “Method Of Allocating Power For The Simultaneous Downlink Conveyance Of Information Between Multiple Antennas and Multiple Destinations”, Ser. No. ______.