Method to evaluate fairness of resource allocations in shared bands
US8514802B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 4, 2011 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 4, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed for wireless resource sharing between heterogeneous wireless networks to enable coexistence of secondary networks. An example embodiment of the invention includes a method, comprising: allocating available resources for a wireless network served by an apparatus, the served wireless network requesting resources, the allocation of available resources including allocation for each of one or more wireless networks neighboring the served wireless network; and determining whether the served wireless network and each of the one or more neighboring wireless networks has at least one of resources corresponding with the requested resources, or a fair portion of available resources to operate, based on analyzing resource allocations for the served wireless network and each of the one or more neighboring wireless networks.
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