OFDMA Scheduling for RF Leakage Reduction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wireless communication systems face interference issues due to radio frequency (RF) transmitter leakage, which is costly to mitigate using external SAW filters, and becomes more challenging with multiple-band transceivers and high power transmission.

Innovation Solution

A scheduling method that determines and optimizes the transmit power of mobile terminals to allocate uplink and downlink frequency carriers with maximum duplex distance, minimizing power leakage from the transmitter to the receiver, and avoids overlap with interfering frequencies.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Object-affected harmful factors

If external SAW filters are used to minimize transmitter leakage to receiver, then receiver noise is reduced, but device cost and complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereceiver noiseVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The scheduler performs preliminary action by determining transmit power levels before resource allocation, and uses this information to pre-calculate optimal duplex distances that minimize leakage without requiring external filters

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The invention changes the parameter of duplex distance dynamically based on transmit power levels. By adjusting the frequency separation between uplink and downlink carriers according to power conditions, the system minimizes leakage effects without adding physical filtering components

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If transmit power is increased to improve uplink coverage, then transmission reliability improves, but transmitter leakage to receiver increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransmission reliabilityVSAvoidtransmitter leakage
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically changes the duplex distance parameter based on transmit power levels. When high transmit power is required for coverage, the scheduler increases the frequency separation between uplink and downlink carriers, thereby maintaining reliability while reducing leakage to acceptable levels

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Object-affected harmful factors

If duplex distance is increased to reduce leakage, then receiver noise decreases, but frequency resource availability decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereceiver noiseVSAvoidfrequency resource availability
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system makes the duplex distance dynamic rather than fixed. The scheduler adjusts the frequency separation adaptively based on current transmit power requirements, allowing small duplex distances when power is low (maximizing resource availability) and larger distances when power is high (minimizing leakage)

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

By changing the duplex distance parameter dynamically according to transmit power conditions, the system optimizes both receiver noise performance and frequency resource utilization without compromise

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP2242318B1OFDMA scheduling method for avoiding leakage at the mobile stations
Publication Date: 2015.06.03 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
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AI summary

The present invention relates to scheduling of uplink and downlink resources between mobile terminals (110) and a base station (130). To reduce the power leakage between the transmitter and the receiver of the mobile terminal (110), the scheduler allocated uplink frequency carriers and downlink frequency carriers with a larger duplex distance to those mobile terminals (110,120) that has to transmit with high power. This means that the requirements on the external SAW filter could be reduced.