Facilitating frequency selective scheduling in advanced networks

Abstract

Facilitating frequency selective scheduling in advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, and beyond) with multiple transmission points is provided herein. Operations of a system can comprise facilitating an activation of a frequency selective scheduling based on identification of control channel elements used for a downlink control channel. The operations also can comprise instructing a user equipment device to report a subband channel quality indicator and a subband precoding matrix index based on a result of an evaluation of a metric determined based on channel conditions. Further, the operations can comprise scheduling the user equipment device with a subband based on the subband channel quality indicator and the subband precoding matrix index reported by the user equipment device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 identifying, by network equipment comprising a processor, a traffic load of a communication network; and   facilitating, by the network equipment, an activation of a frequency selective scheduling for a user equipment based on the traffic load of the communication network being determined to satisfy a defined capacity value.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining, by the network equipment, a performance metric of the user equipment; and   instructing, by the network equipment, the user equipment to provide, to the network equipment, channel state information reporting configurations based on the performance metric of the user equipment being determined to satisfy a defined performance metric.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 estimating, by the network equipment, an uplink channel from a sounding reference signal;   determining, by the network equipment, a number of available paths; and   determining, by the network equipment, a delay spread between the user equipment and the network equipment of the communication network based on the number of available paths.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein instructing the user equipment to provide the channel state information reporting configurations comprises instructing the user equipment to provide the channel state information reporting configurations via a downlink channel configured to operate according to at least a fifth generation communication protocol. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 after a defined time interval, evaluating, by the network equipment, the traffic load of the communication network; and   facilitating, by the network equipment, a deactivation of the frequency selective scheduling for the user equipment based on a determination that the traffic load of the communication network no longer satisfies the defined capacity value.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 evaluating, by the network equipment, a variation of reported channel quality indicators of subbands of a group of subands; and   facilitating, by the network equipment, a deactivation of the frequency selective scheduling based on a determination that the variation of reported channel quality indicators does not satisfy a defined variation.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the defined capacity value is a quantity of control channel element utilizations within the communication network, and wherein the facilitating comprises facilitating the activation based on the quantity of control channel element utilizations being determined to be below a defined utilization level. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 facilitating, by the network equipment, a deactivation of the frequency selective scheduling based on a determination that the quantity of control channel element utilizations within the communication network no longer satisfies the defined capacity value.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the defined capacity value is a quantity of cell radio network tag identities within the communication network, and wherein the facilitating comprises facilitating the activation based on the quantity of cell radio network tag identities being determined to be below a defined quantity. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 facilitating, by the network equipment, a deactivation of the frequency selective scheduling based on a determination that the quantity of cell radio network tag identities within the communication network no longer satisfies the defined capacity value.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the defined capacity value is a quantity of connected user equipment, comprising the user equipment, within the communication network, and wherein the facilitating comprises facilitating the activation based on the quantity of connected user equipment being determined to be below a defined quantity. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 facilitating, by the network equipment, a deactivation of the frequency selective scheduling based on a determination that the quantity of connected user equipment within the communication network is at or above the defined quantity.   
     
     
         13 . A system, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 determining a traffic load within a cell of a communications network; and 
 activating a frequency selective scheduling capability for a user equipment based on the traffic load of the cell being determined to satisfy a defined capacity value. 
   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the defined capacity value is a quantity of cell radio network tag identities within the cell, and wherein the activating comprises activating based on the quantity of cell radio network tag identities being determined to be below a defined quantity. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 after a defined interval, evaluating the traffic load of the cell; and   deactivating the frequency selective scheduling capability based on a determination that the quantity of cell radio network tag identities within the cell is at or above the defined quantity.   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining a performance metric of the user equipment; and   requesting, from the user equipment, channel state information reporting configurations based on the performance metric of the user equipment being determined to satisfy a defined performance metric.   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 estimating an uplink channel from a sounding reference signal;   determining a number of paths that are available; and   determining a delay spread between the user equipment and network equipment of the cell based on the number of paths.   
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the requesting comprises requesting the channel state information reporting configurations to be sent by the user equipment to the system via a downlink channel configured to operate according to a new radio network communication protocol. 
     
     
         19 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 evaluating information indicative of a capacity value associated with a traffic load of a communications network;   based on the capacity value satisfying a defined capacity level, causing an activation of a frequency selective scheduling for a user equipment; and   based on the capacity value failing to satisfy the defined capacity level, causing a deactivation of the frequency selective scheduling for the user equipment.   
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 19 , wherein the defined capacity level is a quantity of cell radio network tag identities within the communications network, and wherein the causing of the activation comprises causing the activation based on the quantity of cell radio network tag identities being determined to be below a defined quantity.