IMPROVED SELECTION OF SCHEDULING POLICY FOR NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS LINKS AND D2D COMMUNICATIONS LINKS

摘要

A network node (310) comprising a radio frequency communications interface (230) and a controller (210), said network node (310) being configured to service at least one first radio frequency communication device (320) being configured for both network communication and for device-to-device communication with a second radio frequency communication device (325), wherein said controller (210) is configured to determine if a restriction of a scheduling policy is necessary for said first radio frequency communication device (320), select a scheduling policy accordingly. The controller is further configured to allocate communication resources according to said selected scheduling policy to said first radio frequency communication device (320). The scheduling policy is one which enables simultaneous network communication and device-to-device communication in said same transmission time interval (A, B, C, D, E) or one which enables either network communication or device-to-device communication in said same transmission time interval.