US 11,818,710 B2
Systems and methods for new-radio-aware LTE scheduling
Alpaslan Gence Savas, Summit, NJ (US); Mathew Thomas, Madison, NJ (US); Sachin Vargantwar, Cumming, GA (US); Chin Chiu, Allen, TX (US); and Maulik Shah, Carrollton, TX (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/475,432.
Prior Publication US 2023/0078556 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 17/336 (2015.01); H04L 5/14 (2006.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 52/14 (2009.01); H04W 52/34 (2009.01); H04W 52/28 (2009.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 72/1268 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/1268 (2013.01) [H04B 17/336 (2015.01); H04L 5/14 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
identifying, by a first scheduling function of a radio access network, a User Equipment (UE) device that has a first active wireless connection to the radio access network and a second active wireless connection to the radio access network;
determining, based on signal quality information from a second scheduling function, whether expanded coverage is needed for an uplink transmission for the second active wireless connection;
when the expanded coverage is not needed, performing, by the first scheduling function uplink scheduling independently from the second scheduling function; and
when the expanded coverage is needed:
obtaining, by the first scheduling function, uplink scheduling information for the second active wireless connection, and
adjusting, by the first scheduling function and based on the uplink scheduling information for the second active wireless connection, uplink scheduling for the first active wireless connection such that power sharing for uplink time intervals of the second active wireless connection is prioritized over overlapping uplink time intervals of the first active wireless connection.