Coexistence reporting based on user equipment (UE) measurements
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorBalaji B Raghothaman
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Abstract
A system for reporting UE measurements is disclosed. The system includes a spectrum access system (SAS) configured to allocate a frequency band in the system, a coexistence manager (CxM) communicatively coupled to the SAS and allocate a set of radio frequency (RF) channels within the frequency band. The system also includes one or more CBSDs communicatively coupled to the SAS and CxM and configured to provide wireless service to user equipment (UEs) using one or more of the RF channels allocated by the CxM. The CxM is configured to manage co-existence of the CBSDs and advise the SAS on how to allocate the RF channels based, at least in part, on aggregated measurement reports provided to the CxM from the CBSDs.
Claims20
A system for reporting UE measurements, comprising:
- a spectrum access system (SAS) implemented with one or more processors and being configured to allocate a frequency band in the system;
- a coexistence manager (CxM) comprising a processor and communicatively coupled to the SAS, wherein the CxM allocates a set of radio frequency (RF) channels within the frequency band;
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- one or more Citizens Broadband Radio Service devices (CBSDs) communicatively coupled to the SAS and CxM and configured to provide wireless service to user equipment (UEs) using one or more of the RF channels allocated by the CxM;
- wherein the CxM is configured to manage co-existence of the CBSDs and advise the SAS on how to allocate the RF channels based, at least in part, on aggregated measurement reports provided to the CxM from the CBSDs;
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- wherein each CBSD is configured to determine the aggregated measurement reports based on UE measurement reports it receives from UEs that it serves, wherein each CBSD is configured to send the aggregated measurement reports to the CxM.
A method for reporting UE measurements, comprising:
- allocating, by a spectrum access system (SAS), a set of radio frequency (RF) channels to a Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) system;
- allocating, by a coexistence manager (CxM) serving the CBRS system, one or more of the RF channels to a particular CBSD of a plurality of CBSDs in the CBRS system;
- providing, by the particular CBSD, wireless service to user equipment (UEs) using one or more of the RF channels;
- collecting, at the particular CBSD, UE measurement reports from the UEs;
- aggregating, by the particular CBSD, the UE measurement reports into one or more aggregated measurement reports;
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- sending, from the particular CBSD, the one or more aggregated measurement reports to the CxM.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.