Abstract:
In a multiple Radio Access Technology (multi-RAT) heterogeneous wireless network, a user equipment (UE) is capable of communicating via multiple types technologies, such as both WiFi and Long Term Evolution (LTE) cellular. The evolved node B that the UE communicates with may be a small network, encompassing distances of 200 meters or less. A method communicating in such a network may involve using an on-time throughput scheduling algorithm that maximizes the throughput by handing off certain users and prioritizing communications based on specific criteria. These criteria may include prioritizing communications of users closest to a target threshold. The UE may communicate with the network to negotiate which radio access technology is to be used, a range of acceptable data rates.
Abstract:
Methods and devices for optimizing on-time throughput in a wireless network. An enhanced node B (eNodeB) integrating two or more air interfaces schedules transmissions, for a measurement period, over at least one of the two or more air interfaces. The eNodeB estimates, based on the transmissions, a metric of on-time throughput for the user equipment (UE) within the cell, where on-time throughput is a measure of an amount of data that arrives at a destination before a delay threshold has been reached and at a bit-rate greater than or equal to a target bit-rate. The eNodeB then assigns UEs within the cell to an air interface of the two or more air interface to maximize the metric of on-time throughput for the UEs within the cell.