Use of underutilized bandwidth via radio access resource sharing
US10374762B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 28, 2017 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 28, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/08
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Utilization of unused bandwidth or underused bandwidth via radio access resource sharing is disclosed. Unused bandwidth for a physical channel between a network device and a MU MIMO access point can be combined with bandwidth from another physical channel into a logical channel. The logical channel can have increased bandwidth over the constituent physical channels. Whereas MU MIMO technology can facilitate concurrent data transfer, a UE can communicate data across the several physical channels of the logical channel concurrently. Moreover, the different access point locations can provide spatial diversity such that the plurality of access points can function as a logical MU MIMO access point employing interference to selectively serve a UE location via the logical channel. Logical channels can also be predicted based on supplementary information that can comprise historical network resource usage and/or utilization data.
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