Demand-based dynamic carrier scaling

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions for providing demand-based dynamic carrier scaling, when executed, cause a gateway to perform steps comprising:

• determining, at a gateway supporting dynamically created cells in a wireless network, whether there is a requirement for additional capacity;
• when there is a requirement for additional capacity, then providing, by the gateway, dynamically created cells as needed to handle the requirement for additional capacity;
• determining, at the gateway, whether there is a requirement for less capacity;
• and
• when there is a requirement for less capacity, then turning off, by the gateway, dynamically created cells as needed to handle the requirement for less capacity, wherein the wireless network is a network having a first cell operating at a first frequency in a first frequency band, and wherein when usage exceeds a threshold, the gateway activates a new dynamically generated cell, operating at a same frequency in an adjacent frequency band.

A system for providing demand-based dynamic carrier scaling, comprising:

• a gateway;
• at least one cell in communication with the gateway;
• wherein the gateway supports dynamically created cells in a wireless network, and wherein the gateway determines whether there is a requirement for additional capacity;
• when there is a requirement for additional capacity, then providing, by the gateway, dynamically created cells as needed to handle the requirement for additional capacity;
• wherein the gateway determines whether there is a requirement for less capacity;
• and
• when there is a requirement for less capacity, then turning off, by the gateway, dynamically created cells as needed to handle the requirement for less capacity, wherein the wireless network is a network having a first cell operating at a first frequency in a first frequency band, and wherein when usage exceeds a threshold, the gateway activates a new dynamically generated cell, operating at a same frequency in an adjacent frequency band.