Dynamic allocation of bandwidth in 5g wireless network

A wireless communication system associated with a host network, the wireless communication system comprising:

• a wireless radio unit (RU) configured to broadcast and receive transmissions over a spectrum;
• and
• a provisioning plane executing on a data processing system that is in communication with the radio unit, wherein the provisioning plane is configured to perform an automated process to dynamically allocate a spectrum that is associated with the RU amongst a plurality of guest networks each independently delivering one or more network services to user equipment (UE) associated with that guest network, the automated process comprising:
• receiving, at a provisioning plane associated with the data processing system, input data that identifies a desired portion of the spectrum associated with the wireless radio unit for use by one of the guest networks;
• and
• in response to the input data, the provisioning plane allocating the desired portion of the spectrum associated with the wireless radio unit for exclusive use by the one of the guest networks;
• wherein the wireless communication system is further configured to broadcast, via the radio unit, data permitting the UEs in communication with the radio unit to responsively synchronize with the radio unit and to attach to the associated one of the guest networks and thereby receive information about the allocated portion and to thereafter communicate with the associated guest network using the portion of the spectrum that is allocated for exclusive use by the guest network.

An automated process to be performed by a user equipment (UE) associated with one of a plurality of guest networks each delivering one or more network services via an assigned portion of a spectrum that is dynamically assigned by a shared host network for exclusive use by each guest network, the automated process comprising:

• receiving synchronization data broadcast by a radio unit (RU) of the shared host network;
• synchronizing with the RU of the shared host network based upon the synchronization data to thereby obtain information about the portion of the spectrum assigned to the one of the plurality of guest networks that is associated with the UE;
• and
• subsequently communicating with the associated guest network using the portion of the spectrum dynamically assigned for exclusive use by the guest network associated with the UE.