System and method to allocate frequency dynamically based on priority of quality of experience (QoE) in 3GPP LTE heterogeneous network
AssigneeIntellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyung Hi Chang, Zeeshan Kaleem, Bing Hui
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Abstract
A method and system to dynamically allocate a frequency based on a priority of quality of experience (QoE) is disclosed. A method to dynamically allocate a frequency may include: securing a predetermined frequency band and a bonus frequency band for a macrocell; allocating the predetermined frequency band and the bonus frequency band to a macro terminal located in the macrocell; allocating the bonus frequency band based on the priority of service in a subsequent time slot when a frequency band comprising the predetermined frequency band and the bonus frequency band is not allocated to the macro terminal.
Claims12
A method to dynamically allocate a frequency band, the method comprising:
- securing a first predetermined frequency band for a center area of a macrocell and all bonus frequency bands allocable to edge areas of the macrocell for the center area of the macrocell at an initial stage;
- receiving a request for using a bonus frequency band among the bonus frequency bands secured for the center area of the macrocell from a first macro terminal located in an edge area of the macrocell;
- determining availability of the bonus frequency band based on occupation of the bonus frequency band by second macro terminals located in the center area of the macrocell in response to the request;
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- allocating the bonus frequency band to the first macro terminal based on whether the bonus frequency band is available,
- wherein the first macro terminal includes a macro terminal, to which a second predetermined frequency band for the same area as the edge area in which the first macro terminal is located, is not allocated.
A method to dynamically allocate a frequency band, the method comprising:
- securing a predetermined frequency band for a first edge area and a center area of a macrocell for a femtocell at an initial stage wherein the first edge area is different from a second edge area of the macrocell in which the femtocell is located;
- determining whether the predetermined frequency band is available for a first femto terminal located in the second edge area;
- receiving a request of using a bonus frequency band from the first femto terminal when the predetermined frequency band is not available for the first femto terminal wherein the bonus frequency band is secured for edge areas of the macrocell;
- determining whether the bonus frequency band is available based on occupation of macro terminals located in the second edge area and second femto terminals located in the edge areas of the macrocell in response to the request;
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- allocating the bonus frequency band to the first femto terminal based on whether the bonus frequency band is available.
A system to dynamically allocate a frequency band, the system comprising:
- a macro terminal transmitting a request for using a bonus frequency band secured for a center area of a macrocell when a first predetermined frequency band is not allocated to the macro terminal wherein the first predetermined frequency band and the bonus frequency band allocable to edge areas of the macrocell are secured for the center area of the macrocell at an initial stage;
- a macro base station determining an availability of the bonus frequency band based on occupation of the bonus frequency band by macro terminals different from the macro terminal and allocating the bonus frequency band to the macro terminal based on availability of the bonus frequency band;
- a femto terminal transmitting a request for using the bonus frequency band when a second predetermined frequency band is not allocated to the femto terminal wherein the second predetermined frequency band for an edge area of the macrocell in which the femtocell is not located is secured for the femtocell at an initial stage;
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- a femto base station determining the availability of the bonus frequency band based on occupation of the bonus frequency band by macro terminals located in the same area as the femto terminal in response to the request from the femto terminal and allocating the bonus frequency band to the femto terminal based on availability of the bonus frequency band.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.