Method and apparatus for coordinated power-zone-assignment in wireless backhaul networks

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9253740
APP PUB NO 20140148184A1
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14093011

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Methods are disclosed for scheduling resources in a wireless backhaul network comprising a plurality of N Hubs, each Hub serving a plurality of K Remote Backhaul Modules (RBMs), using a coordinated power zone assignment across the backhaul network. For each Hub, a one-to-one power zone assignment, of each of the K RBM to one of the K power zones, is computed by maximizing a selected network utility across the backhaul network. Coordinated power zone assignment according to preferred embodiments based on the auction approach offers a close-to-global-optimal solution. Coordinated scheduling based on first assigning RBMs to hubs heuristically, and then optimally scheduling RBMs within each hub also offers significant performance improvement as compared to non-coordinated systems. Preferred embodiments offer a significant performance improvement as compared to conventional systems. They are low in complexity, and compatible with the physical constraints of SFR-based wireless backhaul network, which make them amenable to practical implementation.

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BLINQ NETWORKS INC140 RENFREW DRIVE MARKHAM L3R 6B3

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Chow, Jerry San Diego, US 16 836
Dahrouj, Hayssam Toronto, CA 5 33
Selea, Radu Vaughan, CA 6 21
Tang, Taiwen Ottawa, CA 16 195
Yu, Wei Toronto, CA 292 1924

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