Elastic local and global scheduling for cellular infrastructure

A system for allocating resources within a network, comprising:

• a coordinating gateway coupled to a first base station and providing connectivity for the base station as a gateway to an operator core network, the base station providing access to a user equipment (UE),
• the coordinating gateway further comprising:
• a scheduling module for allocating a first set of resources to the base station;
• a hash function module for applying a hash function to map the first set of resources for local allocation by the base station to a set of hash values;
• and
• a coordination module to receive resource allocation requests from a plurality of base stations and to coordinate the received allocation requests,
• the coordination module further configured to access information regarding a second radio access network (RAN), the information regarding a second RAN including information regarding a plurality of radio access networks coupled to one or more core networks, the second RAN being a neighbor of the first RAN or a neighbor of a neighbor of the first RAN;
• the scheduling module further configured to allocate, based on the information regarding a second base station, a set of resources for local allocation by the local scheduler;
• and
• the hash function module further configured to apply a hash function on the first set of resources to map the allocated set of resources to a set of hash values that enable identification of the first set of resources for local allocation by the local scheduler at the first RAN and by a second local scheduler at the second RAN, the set of hash values to be sent to the first RAN to be used at the local scheduler to schedule use of resource blocks, wherein the set of hash values includes scheduling hints, access lists for allowing traffic based on a set of rules, exclusion lists for blocking traffic based on a set of rules, or handover predictions for the local scheduler.