Allocating unlicensed and licensed radio frequency spectrum bands for the transmission of audio and video packets

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a base station, cause the one or more processors to:
• receive a request for a transmission of one or more audio packets and one or more video packets;
• identify one or more rules associated with allocating resources of a licensed radio frequency (RF) spectrum band or an unlicensed RF spectrum band for the transmission of the one or more audio packets and the one or more video packets,
• the one or more rules being associated with one or more network conditions associated with the base station including:
• a quantity of other devices connected to the base station, and
• a threshold level of interference;
• reserve, based on the quantity of other devices connected to the base station and a level of interference on the unlicensed RF spectrum band satisfying the rule:
• first resources of the licensed RF spectrum band for a first transmission of the one or more audio packets and second resources of the unlicensed RF spectrum band for a second transmission of the one or more video packets, or
• the first resources of the licensed RF spectrum band for the second transmission of the one or more video packets and the second resources of the unlicensed RF spectrum band for the first transmission of the one or more audio packets,
• the first transmission of the one or more audio packets and the second transmission of the one or more video packets being between the base station and a user equipment;
• provide or receive the one or more audio packets and the one or more video packets via the licensed RF spectrum band or the unlicensed RF spectrum band based on reserving the first resources and the second resources;
• periodically reevaluate the one or more network conditions;
• and
• periodically reallocate, based on periodically reevaluating the one or more network conditions, the first resources of the licensed RF spectrum band and the second resources of the unlicensed RF spectrum band.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a base station, a request for a transmission of media content,
• the media content including an audio portion and a video portion;
• determining, by the base station, a set of rules associated with the transmission of the media content,
• the set of rules being associated with one or more network conditions including:
• a quantity of other devices connected to the base station, and
• a threshold level of interference, and
• the set of rules indicating a manner of the transmission of the media content;
• assigning, by the base station and based on the quantity of other devices connected to the base station and a level of interference on an unlicensed radio frequency (RF) spectrum band satisfying a rule of the set of rules:
• resources of the unlicensed RF spectrum band for a first transmission of the audio portion and resources of a licensed RF spectrum band for a second transmission of the video portion, or
• the resources of the unlicensed RF spectrum band for the second transmission of the video portion and the resources of the licensed RF spectrum band for the first transmission of the audio portion;
• providing or receiving, by the base station, the media content via the unlicensed RF spectrum bands and the licensed RF spectrum band based on assigning the resources of the unlicensed RF spectrum band and the resources of the licensed RF spectrum band;
• periodically reevaluating, by the base station, the one or more network conditions;
• and
• periodically reallocating, by the base station and based on periodically reevaluating the one or more network conditions, the resources of the unlicensed RF spectrum band and the resources of the licensed RF spectrum band.