Systems and methods for defining an exclusion zone to protect an earth station from user equipment interference
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorJignesh S. Panchal
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Abstract
A network device may determine a geographical distance between an earth station and the network device. The network device may determine a location for an exclusion zone, associated with the earth station, based on the geographical distance. The network device may generate an exclusion zone system information block that identifies the location for the exclusion zone. The network device may provide, to the user equipment, the exclusion zone system information block.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining, by a network device of a radio access network, a geographical distance between an earth station and the network device;
- determining, by the network device and based on the geographical distance, a location for an exclusion zone, associated with the earth station;
- generating, by the network device, an exclusion zone system information block that indicates the location for the exclusion zone;
- and
- providing, by the network device and to a user equipment, the exclusion zone system information block to protect the earth station from experiencing interference signals from the user equipment.
A network device of a radio access network, the network device comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- determine a geographical distance between an earth station and the network device;
- determine a probability of a user equipment, within the geographical distance, impacting operation of the earth station;
- determine a location for an exclusion zone, associated with the earth station, based on the geographical distance and the probability;
- generate an exclusion zone system information block that indicates the location for the exclusion zone;
- and
- provide, to the user equipment, the exclusion zone system information block.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
- one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a network device of a radio access network, cause the one or more processors to:
- determine a geographical distance between an earth station and the network device;
- determine a location for an exclusion zone, associated with the earth station, based on the geographical distance,
- wherein the exclusion zone is to prevent one or more user equipment from interfering with a signal of the earth station;
- generate an information block that indicates the location for the exclusion zone;
- and
- provide, to the user equipment, the information block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.