SPR as a criterion to determine the frequencies that would be allocated for inter-band carrier aggregation, intra-band carrier aggregation, or dynamic spectrum sharing
AssigneeT-Mobile Innovations LLC
InventorSreekar Marupaduga
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for determining frequency allocation. A first frequency band, a second frequency, and a third frequency band are ranked based at least in part on a sector power ratio (SPR). The first frequency band is determined to have a highest rank, which indicates that the first frequency band has a lowest SPR of frequency bands being ranked. Based on the first frequency band having the highest rank, the first frequency band and either the second frequency band or the third frequency band are assigned for carrier aggregation.
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A system for using antenna sector power ratio (SPR) to determine frequency allocation, the system comprising:
- one or more nodes corresponding to a cell site, each of the one or more nodes configured to wirelessly communicate with one or more user devices in a geographic service area;
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- one or more processors corresponding to the cell site, the one or more processors configured to perform operations comprising:
- rank at least a first frequency band, a second frequency band, and a third frequency band based at least in part on the SPR;
- determine that the first frequency band has a highest rank, the highest rank indicating that the first frequency band has a lowest SPR of frequency bands being ranked;
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- based on the first frequency band having the highest rank, assign the first frequency band and either the second frequency band or the third frequency band for carrier aggregation, wherein the SPR for each carrier band assigned for carrier aggregation is below a threshold.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for using antenna sector power ratio (SPR) to determine frequency allocation, the method comprising:
- ranking, via a processor associated with a cell site, a plurality of frequency bands based at least in part on the SPR;
- determining, via the processor, a first frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands has a lower rank than a second frequency band, the lower rank indicating that the first frequency band has a higher SPR than the second frequency band;
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- based at least in part on the lower rank, assigning the second frequency band and a third frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands for carrier aggregation, wherein the SPR of the second frequency band and the third frequency band assigned for carrier aggregation are below a threshold.
A method using antenna sector power ratio (SPR) to determine frequency allocation, the method comprising:
- ranking, via a processor associated with a cell site, a plurality of frequency bands based at least in part on the SPR, the plurality of frequency bands comprising a first frequency band, a second frequency band, and a third frequency band;
- determining, via the processor, the first frequency band has a lowest rank, the lowest rank indicating that the first frequency band has a higher SPR than the second frequency band and the third frequency band;
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- based at least in part on the lowest rank, assigning the second frequency band and the third frequency band for carrier aggregation, wherein the SPR of the second frequency band and the third frequency band assigned for carrier aggregation are below a threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.