Dynamic spectrum management for portable radio-based networks
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorFrank Paterra
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for dynamic spectrum management for portable radio-based networks. In one embodiment, it is determined that a portable radio unit implementing a cell of a radio-based network has moved away from a reference location associated with a first spectrum allocation used by the portable radio unit. A second spectrum allocation for the portable radio unit is obtained based at least in part on a direction of movement of the portable radio unit. The portable radio unit is then configured to use the second spectrum allocation instead of the first spectrum allocation.
Claims18
A system, comprising:
- a radio-based network comprising a portable radio unit providing connectivity to a plurality of user equipment (UE) devices;
- and
- a computing device configured to at least:
- configure the portable radio unit to use a first spectrum allocation to provide the connectivity to the plurality of UE devices, the first spectrum allocation being associated with a reference location for the portable radio unit;
- receive a current location of the portable radio unit;
- determine a predicted future location of the portable radio unit based at least in part on the current location of the portable radio unit;
- request a second spectrum allocation associated with the predicted future location of the portable radio unit from a spectrum allocation service;
- and
- configure the portable radio unit to use the second spectrum allocation instead of the first spectrum allocation to provide the connectivity to the plurality of UE devices.
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- determining that a portable radio unit implementing a cell of a radio-based network has moved away from a reference location associated with a first spectrum allocation used by the portable radio unit;
- obtaining a second spectrum allocation for the portable radio unit based at least in part on a direction of movement of the portable radio unit, wherein obtaining the second spectrum allocation comprises:
- determining other spectrum allocations in the direction of movement of the portable radio unit;
- and
- selecting the second spectrum allocation so as to avoid conflict with the other spectrum allocations;
- and
- configuring the portable radio unit to use the second spectrum allocation instead of the first spectrum allocation.
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- determining that a portable radio unit implementing a cell of a radio-based network is moving away from a reference location associated with a spectrum allocation used by the portable radio unit;
- adjusting an operational parameter of the portable radio unit to maintain authorized operation within the spectrum allocation in response to the portable radio unit moving away from the reference location;
- determining that a further adjustment of the operational parameter would not maintain the authorized operation within the spectrum allocation;
- obtaining an updated spectrum allocation for the portable radio unit based at least in part on an updated location of the portable radio unit;
- and
- configuring the portable radio unit to use the updated spectrum allocation instead of the spectrum allocation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.