Method and system for managing frequencies allocated to a base station
US6418317B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 1, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 1, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W72/542
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention is a method and system for managing frequencies allocated to a cell within a cellular network to assign certain ones of those allocated frequencies for use by channel equipment within that cell. The method measures at least one quality metric for each of the allocated frequencies. At least one measured quality metric for the unassigned frequencies are compared against at least one quality metric for the assigned frequencies. An unassigned frequency is swapped for an assigned frequency based upon the comparison step. Additionally, a voting step is used to indicate that either the unassigned frequency or the assigned frequency has a higher signal quality for communication.
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