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US 11,153,762 B1Granted
Spectrum access optimization including for 5G or other next generation user equipment
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorThomas J. Routt
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Abstract
The disclosed technology is directed towards a fifth generation (5G) spectrum access engine that operates to achieve 5G spectrum optimization. The 5G spectrum access engine provides optimized spectrum access in low-bands, mid-bands, and high-bands based on energy detection algorithms, data analytics, and/or a deep learning architecture. The 5G spectrum access engine can reallocate spectrum to user equipments, including to allocate Sub-6 frequencies to a user equipment when, based on energy sensing, the user equipment is experiencing poor signal quality with millimeter wave communications.
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A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions which, when executed by the processor of a spectrum access engine associated with a communications network, facilitate performance of operations, wherein the spectrum access engine is communicatively coupled to a spectrum access engine appliance of an enterprise network to receive data analytics information associated with the communications network, and the operations comprise:
- obtaining energy detection data corresponding to a sensed signal strength of a user equipment communicating via a channel allocated in a first portion of network spectrum of the communications network;
- determining that the sensed signal strength is below a defined threshold value;
- in response to the determining, allocating, to the user equipment, a frequency channel in a second portion of the network spectrum;
- and
- transferring the user equipment to communicate via the frequency channel in the second portion of the network spectrum.
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A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions which, when executed by the processor of a spectrum access engine associated with a communications network, facilitate performance of operations, wherein the spectrum access engine interfaces with a self-optimizing network and a software-defined network of the communications network based on network function virtualization, and the operations comprise:
- obtaining energy detection data corresponding to a sensed signal strength of a user equipment communicating via a channel allocated in a first portion of network spectrum;
- determining that the sensed signal strength is below a defined threshold value;
- in response to the determining, allocating, to the user equipment, a frequency channel in a second portion of the network spectrum;
- transferring the user equipment to communicate via the frequency channel in the second portion of the network spectrum;
- and
- adjusting network operations of the communications network via the self-optimizing network and the software-defined network based on changing network conditions of the communications network.
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A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions which, when executed by the processor of a spectrum access engine associated with a communications network, facilitate performance of operations, wherein the spectrum access engine is coupled to a data analytics engine and a recommendation engine, and the operations comprise:
- obtaining energy detection data corresponding to a sensed signal strength of a user equipment communicating via a channel allocated in a first portion of network spectrum;
- determining that the sensed signal strength is below a defined threshold value;
- in response to the determining, allocating, to the user equipment, a frequency channel in a second portion of the network spectrum;
- transferring the user equipment to communicate via the frequency channel in the second portion of the network spectrum;
- and
- generating 5G spectrum access and allocation requests based on current in-field spectrum access requests, and information from the data analytics engine and the recommendation engine based on historical fifth generation (5G) spectrum usage data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.