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US 2007/0191041 A1Published application
Frequency Allocation
OwnerJohn M. Chapininventor
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Abstract
Methods and systems for allocating mobiles among multiple frequency channels in a mobile communications system are disclosed.
Claims23
A method, comprising:
- allocating mobile devices among multiple channels of a radio frequency wireless system based on a variable associated with the transmission power of the mobile devices, the multiple channels being assigned to different portions of a frequency band.
A method, comprising:
- moving at least one mobile device from a first channel of a base station to a second channel of the base station based on a variable associated with the transmission power of the mobile device, wherein:
- the base station comprises a radio frequency wireless system infrastructure component through which the mobile is communicating;
- and
- the first channel is assigned to a first portion of a frequency band and the second channel is assigned to a second portion of the frequency band, the first portion being different from the second portion.
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A method comprising:
- determining an estimated aggregate power of a plurality of mobiles operating on a first channel that is assigned to a first portion of a frequency band;
- determining a relationship between the estimated aggregate power and a threshold;
- if the relationship between the estimated aggregate power and the threshold meets a condition:
- sorting mobiles operating on the first channel according to a variable associated with an transmission power;
- moving at least one mobile from the first channel to a second channel based on the variable associated with the transmission power, the second channel being assigned to a second portion of the frequency band that is different from the first portion of the frequency band;
- sorting mobiles operating on a second channel according to the variable associated with the transmission power;
- and
- moving at least one mobile from the second channel to the first channel based on the variable associated with the transmission power.
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An apparatus comprising:
- circuitry to:
- assign a first channel of a base station to a first portion of a frequency band;
- assign a second channel of a base station to a second portion of a frequency band, the second portion being different from the first portion;
- and
- move at least one mobile device from the first channel of the base station to the second channel of the base station based on a variable associated with the transmission power of the mobile device.
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An article comprising a machine-readable medium that stores executable instructions causing a machine to:
- assign a first channel of a base station to a first portion of a frequency band;
- assign a second channel of a base station to a second portion of a frequency band, the second portion being different from the first portion;
- and
- move at least one mobile device from the first channel of the base station to the second channel of the base station based on a variable associated with the transmission power of the mobile device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.