Assigning carriers to radio ports of a split radio head
AssigneeSprint Spectrum L.P.
InventorsZheng Cai, Justin Sungki Park, Saied Kazeminejad
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Abstract
Assigning carriers to radio ports communicably coupled to a corresponding plurality of antennae of a radio head, wherein the radio head is split into at least first and second split portions, determining a difference between a first power level available to the first carrier via the first set of radio ports and a second power level available to the second carrier via the second set of radio ports, and changing a split of the radio head such that the difference between the first and second power levels is minimized.
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A method for assigning carriers to radio ports in a wireless network, the method comprising:
- assigning a first carrier deployed by an access node to a first set of radio ports communicably coupled to a corresponding first plurality of antennae of the access node via a radio head, wherein the first set of radio ports comprises a first split portion of the radio head;
- assigning a second carrier deployed by the access node to a second set of radio ports communicably coupled to a corresponding second plurality of antennae of the access node via the radio head, wherein the second set of radio ports comprises a second split portion of the radio head;
- determining a difference between a first power level available to the first carrier via the first set of radio ports and a second power level available to the second carrier via the second set of radio ports;
- and
- changing a split of the radio head such that the difference between the first and second power levels is minimized.
A system for assigning carriers to radio ports in a wireless network, the system comprising:
- an access node configured to deploy a plurality of carriers;
- a radio head coupled to the access node, the radio head comprising a plurality of radio ports coupled to a corresponding plurality of antennae of the access node;
- and
- a processor coupled to the access node, the processor configured to perform operations comprising:
- assigning a first carrier deployed by the access node to a first set of radio ports of the radio head;
- assigning a second carrier deployed by the access node to a second set of radio ports of the radio head;
- determining that a first power level available to the first carrier via the first set of radio ports is lower than a threshold;
- and
- changing a split of the radio head such that the first power level meets the threshold,
- wherein changing the split of the radio head comprises increasing a number of radio ports in the first set of radio ports.
A processing node for assigning carriers to radio ports in a wireless network, the processing node being configured to perform operations comprising:
- assigning a first carrier deployed by an access node to a first set of radio ports communicably coupled to a corresponding first plurality of antennae of the access node via a radio head, wherein the first set of radio ports comprises a first split portion of the radio head;
- assigning a second carrier deployed by the access node to a second set of radio ports communicably coupled to a corresponding second plurality of antennae of the access node via the radio head, wherein the second set of radio ports comprises a second split portion of the radio head;
- determining a difference between a first power level available to the first carrier via the first set of radio ports and a second power level available to the second carrier via the second set of radio ports;
- and
- changing a split of the radio head such that the difference between the first and second power levels is minimized,
- wherein the radio head is configured with a maximum bandwidth, and
- wherein each split portion is configured to utilize the maximum bandwidth.
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