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US 12,114,299 B2Granted
Systems and methods for planning and operating radios controlled by a spectrum access system
AssigneeOutdoor Wireless Networks LLC
InventorsAriful Hannan, Ahmed H. Hmimy, Tyler J Hanson
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for planning frequency spectrum and power allocated to transmission points of a radio network that is controlled by a spectrum access system and shares spectrum with incumbents and/or other secondary users (e.g., external radio(s)). Techniques are also provided for managing communications between components of the radio network and the spectrum access system, and to allocate frequency spectrum and maximum transmission power to component(s) of a radio network.
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A program product comprising a non-transitory processor readable medium on which program instructions are embodied, wherein the program instructions are configured, when executed by at least one programmable processor, to cause the at least one programmable processor to:
- for each transmission point of each spectrum allocation group (SAG) of a radio network (RN), receive at least one of:
- one or more available frequency spectrum and a maximum transmit power level for each of the one or more available frequency spectrum, wherein aggregate available frequency spectrum is a sum of the one or more available frequency spectrum received for a transmission point, wherein a SAG comprises one or more baseband units communicatively connected through one output of each the one or more baseband units to one or more network radios, one or more transmission points each of which is electrically connected to one of the one or more network radios, and the one or more network radios, and wherein the radio network comprises the one or more baseband units, the one or more network radios, and the one or more transmission points;
- for each SAG, based upon an operators' agreement and the aggregate available frequency spectrum of each transmission point of a SAG, (a) allocate available frequency spectrum to each transmission point and (b) apportion at least a portion of the allocated available frequency spectrum to each baseband unit of the SAG or each output of each baseband unit of the SAG;
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- for each SAG, cause each apportioned at least a portion of the allocated available frequency spectrum, translated to baseband, to be transmitted to a corresponding baseband unit.
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A method, comprising:
- for each transmission point of each spectrum allocation group (SAG) of a radio network (RN), receiving at least one of:
- one or more available frequency spectrum and a maximum transmit power level for each of the one or more available frequency spectrum, wherein aggregate available frequency spectrum is a sum of the one or more available frequency spectrum received for a transmission point, wherein a SAG comprises one or more baseband units communicatively connected through one output of each the one or more baseband units to one or more network radios, one or more transmission points each of which is electrically connected to one of the one or more network radios, and the one or more network radios, and wherein the radio network comprises the one or more baseband units, the one or more network radios, and the one or more transmission points;
- for each SAG, based upon an operators' agreement and the aggregate available frequency spectrum of each transmission point of a SAG, (a) allocating available frequency spectrum to each transmission point and (b) apportioning at least a portion of the allocated available frequency spectrum to each baseband unit of the SAG or each output of each baseband unit of the SAG;
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- for each SAG, transmitting each apportioned at least a portion of the allocated available frequency spectrum, translated to baseband, to a corresponding baseband unit.
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An apparatus, comprising processing circuitry configured to:
- for each transmission point of each spectrum allocation group (SAG) of a radio network (RN), receive at least one of:
- one or more available frequency spectrum and a maximum transmit power level for each of the one or more available frequency spectrum, wherein aggregate available frequency spectrum is a sum of the one or more available frequency spectrum received for a transmission point, wherein a SAG comprises one or more baseband units communicatively connected through one output of each the one or more baseband units to one or more network radios, one or more transmission points each of which is electrically connected to one of the one or more network radios, and the one or more network radios, and wherein the radio network comprises the one or more baseband units, the one or more network radios, and the one or more transmission points;
- for each SAG, based upon an operators' agreement and the aggregate available frequency spectrum of each transmission point of a SAG, (a) allocate available frequency spectrum to each transmission point and (b) apportion at least a portion of the allocated available frequency spectrum to each baseband unit of the SAG or each output of each baseband unit of the SAG;
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- for each SAG, cause each apportioned at least a portion of the allocated available frequency spectrum, translated to baseband, to be transmitted to a corresponding baseband unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.