Smart load-based deployment and tuning of narrowband carriers
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1. A method comprising:
- providing, by a processing system including a processor, communications services over a network to user communication devices using a carrier frequency band and machine-to-machine (M2M) communication devices, the carrier frequency band having a guard band in a spectral region adjacent to the carrier frequency band, the guard band comprising a first portion having frequencies lower than the carrier frequency band and a second portion having frequencies higher than the carrier frequency band;
monitoring, by the processing system, a first communications traffic load in the carrier frequency band due to the user communication devices;
responsive to the first communications traffic load being less than a first threshold;
facilitating, by the processing system, communications by the M2M communication devices using a first M2M frequency band narrower than the carrier frequency band and within the carrier frequency band;
responsive to the first communications traffic load being not less than the first threshold and less than a second threshold, the first threshold being less than the second threshold;
facilitating, by the processing system, communications by the M2M communication devices using a second M2M frequency band narrower than the guard band and within the guard band;
responsive to the first communications traffic load being not less than the second threshold;
facilitating, by the processing system, communications by the M2M communication devices using a third M2M frequency band separate from the carrier frequency band and the guard band; and
adjusting, by the processing system, a spectral location of the communications by the M2M communication devices responsive to the first communications traffic load, wherein the adjusting further comprises discontinuing use of the first M2M frequency band by the M2M communication devices while facilitating communications by the M2M communication devices using the third M2M frequency band, responsive to the first communications traffic load being not less than the second threshold.
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device providing network communications services to user devices using a frequency band and to machine-to-machine (M2M) communication devices in the Internet of Things (IoT). The device monitors traffic loads in the frequency band due to the user devices and due to the M2M communication devices. Depending on the traffic loads, the M2M communication devices use a narrowband carrier within the frequency band, within the adjacent guard band, or separate from the frequency band and guard band as a standalone carrier. The narrowband M2M carriers are dynamically deployed to support the user devices and IoT devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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1. A method comprising:
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providing, by a processing system including a processor, communications services over a network to user communication devices using a carrier frequency band and machine-to-machine (M2M) communication devices, the carrier frequency band having a guard band in a spectral region adjacent to the carrier frequency band, the guard band comprising a first portion having frequencies lower than the carrier frequency band and a second portion having frequencies higher than the carrier frequency band; monitoring, by the processing system, a first communications traffic load in the carrier frequency band due to the user communication devices; responsive to the first communications traffic load being less than a first threshold; facilitating, by the processing system, communications by the M2M communication devices using a first M2M frequency band narrower than the carrier frequency band and within the carrier frequency band; responsive to the first communications traffic load being not less than the first threshold and less than a second threshold, the first threshold being less than the second threshold; facilitating, by the processing system, communications by the M2M communication devices using a second M2M frequency band narrower than the guard band and within the guard band; responsive to the first communications traffic load being not less than the second threshold; facilitating, by the processing system, communications by the M2M communication devices using a third M2M frequency band separate from the carrier frequency band and the guard band; and adjusting, by the processing system, a spectral location of the communications by the M2M communication devices responsive to the first communications traffic load, wherein the adjusting further comprises discontinuing use of the first M2M frequency band by the M2M communication devices while facilitating communications by the M2M communication devices using the third M2M frequency band, responsive to the first communications traffic load being not less than the second threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A device comprising:
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a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations comprising; providing communications services over a network to user communication devices using a carrier frequency band and to machine-to-machine (M2M) communication devices, the carrier frequency band having a guard band in a spectral region adjacent to the carrier frequency band, the guard band comprising a first portion having frequencies lower than the carrier frequency band and a second portion having frequencies higher than the carrier frequency band; monitoring a first communications traffic load in the carrier frequency band due to the user communication devices; monitoring a second communications traffic load due to the M2M communication devices; responsive to the first communications traffic load being less than a first threshold, facilitating communications by the M2M communication devices using a first M2M frequency band narrower than the carrier frequency band and within the carrier frequency band; responsive to the first communications traffic load being not less than the first threshold and less than a second threshold, the first threshold being less than the second threshold, facilitating communications by the M2M communication devices using a second M2M frequency band narrower than the guard band and within the guard band; responsive to the first communications traffic load being not less than the second threshold, facilitating communications by the M2M communication devices using a third M2M frequency band separate from the carrier frequency band and the guard band; and adjusting a spectral location of the communications by the M2M communication devices responsive to the first communications traffic load, wherein the adjusting further comprises discontinuing use of the first M2M frequency band by the M2M communication devices while facilitating communications by the M2M communication devices using the third M2M frequency band, responsive to the first communications traffic load being not less than the second threshold. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
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providing communications services over a network to user communication devices using a carrier frequency band and to machine-to-machine (M2M) communication devices, the carrier frequency band having a guard band in a spectral region adjacent to the carrier frequency band, the guard band comprising a first portion having frequencies lower than the carrier frequency band and a second portion having frequencies higher than the carrier frequency band; monitoring a first communications traffic load in the carrier frequency band due to the user communication devices; responsive to the first communications traffic load being less than a first threshold, facilitating communications by the M2M communication devices using a first M2M frequency band narrower than the carrier frequency band and within the carrier frequency band; responsive to the first communications traffic load being not less than the first threshold and less than a second threshold, the first threshold being less than the second threshold, facilitating communications by the M2M communication devices using a second M2M frequency band narrower than the guard band and within the guard band; responsive to the first communications traffic load being not less than the second threshold, facilitating communications by the M2M communication devices using a third M2M frequency band separate from the carrier frequency band and the guard band; and adjusting a spectral location of the communications by the M2M communication devices responsive to the first communications traffic load, wherein the adjusting further comprises discontinuing use of the first M2M frequency band by the M2M communication devices while facilitating communications by the M2M communication devices using the third M2M frequency band, responsive to the first communications traffic load being not less than the second threshold. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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