Method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium for managing utilization of wireless resources between base stations

A device, comprising:

• a processing system of a macro base station including a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, perform operations, the operations comprising:
• initiating wireless communications services with a mobile communication device utilizing a first spectral segment at a first carrier frequency;
• determining that a rate of travel of the mobile communication device satisfies a threshold;
• responsive to the determining, identifying a micro base station in a communication range of the mobile communication device;
• assigning a second spectral segment to the micro base station to enable the micro base station to communicate with the mobile communication device;
• modulating a signal to generate a modulated signal in the second spectral segment;
• up-converting the modulated signal in the second spectral segment to a second carrier frequency;
• transmitting control instructions in a control channel at the second carrier frequency to direct the micro base station to utilize the second spectral segment for communicating with the mobile communication device;
• and
• transmitting the modulated signal at the second carrier frequency to the micro base station, the transmitting of the modulated signal enabling the micro base station to down-convert the modulated signal at the second carrier frequency to the modulated signal in the second spectral segment and to wirelessly transmit the modulated signal in the second spectral segment to the mobile communication device.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system of a macro base station including a processor, perform operations, the operations comprising:

• initiating wireless communications services with a mobile communication device utilizing a first spectral segment at a first carrier frequency;
• determining that a rate of travel of the mobile communication device satisfies a threshold;
• responsive to the determining, identifying a micro base station in a communication range of the mobile communication device;
• assigning a second spectral segment to the micro base station to enable the micro base station to communicate with the mobile communication device;
• modulating a signal to generate a modulated signal in the second spectral segment;
• up-converting the modulated signal in the second spectral segment to a second carrier frequency;
• transmitting control instructions in a control channel at the second carrier frequency to direct the micro base station to utilize the second spectral segment for communicating with the mobile communication device;
• and
• transmitting the modulated signal at the second carrier frequency to the micro base station, the transmitting of the modulated signal enabling the micro base station to down-convert the modulated signal at the second carrier frequency to the modulated signal in the second spectral segment and to wirelessly transmit the modulated signal in the second spectral segment to the mobile communication device.