COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH LOCAL SCHEDULER FOR SCHEDULING COMMUNICATION OVER A BANDWIDTH-LIMITED RADIO CHANNEL

摘要

The disclosure relates to a communication device (110a), in particular a Narrowband Internet-of-Things (NB-IoT) communication device, comprising: a processor comprising an application program (173) configured to provide data (175); a communication module (172) configured to transmit (133) the data (175) over a bandwidth-limited radio channel; and a local scheduler (171), configured to schedule the data transmission (133) according to a central communication schedule (162), wherein the central communication schedule (162) is based on a metric with respect to communication scheduling requirements of a plurality of communication devices (110a, 110b, 110c, 110d), wherein the metric is based on a sharing scheme for sharing the bandwidth-limited radio channel between the communication devices (110a, 110b, 110c, 110d), wherein the central communication schedule (162) indicates a transmission time interval in which the communication device (110a) is allowed for data transmission (133).