Management of carrier usage by replays and CSFB capable UEs
First Claim
1. A method for managing carrier frequency assignment to a user equipment device (UE) by a base station, wherein the base station provides a coverage area on which to serve UEs, and wherein the coverage area operates on a plurality of carriers, the method comprising:
- determining, by the base station, that a UE is circuit switched fallback (CSFB) capable and that the base station is currently serving a relay on a first carrier of the plurality of carriers; and
based on at least the determining that the UE is CSFB capable and that the base station is currently serving the relay on the first carrier, assigning, by the base station, the UE to operate on a carrier of the plurality of carriers other than the first carrier rather than having the UE operate on the first carrier on which the base station is currently serving the relay.
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Abstract
In an example method, a base station determines that a UE is CSFB capable and that the base station is currently serving a relay on a first carrier of a plurality of carriers. The base station provides a coverage area on which to serve UEs, and the coverage area operates on the plurality of carriers. Based on at least the determining that the UE is CSFB capable and that the base station is currently serving the relay on the first carrier, the base station assigns the UE to operate on a carrier of the plurality of carriers other than the first carrier rather than having the UE operate on the first carrier on which the base station is currently serving the relay.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for managing carrier frequency assignment to a user equipment device (UE) by a base station, wherein the base station provides a coverage area on which to serve UEs, and wherein the coverage area operates on a plurality of carriers, the method comprising:
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determining, by the base station, that a UE is circuit switched fallback (CSFB) capable and that the base station is currently serving a relay on a first carrier of the plurality of carriers; and based on at least the determining that the UE is CSFB capable and that the base station is currently serving the relay on the first carrier, assigning, by the base station, the UE to operate on a carrier of the plurality of carriers other than the first carrier rather than having the UE operate on the first carrier on which the base station is currently serving the relay. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A base station operable in an access network to provide a coverage area in which to serve user equipment devices (UEs), wherein the coverage area operates on a plurality of carriers, the base station comprising:
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an antenna structure that radiates to define the coverage area for serving the UEs; and a controller comprising at least one processing unit, data storage, and program instructions stored in the data storage and executable by the processing unit to carry out operations comprising; determining that a UE is circuit switched fallback (CSFB) capable and that the base station is currently serving a relay on a first carrier of the plurality of carriers, and based on at least the determining that the UE is CSFB capable and that the base station is currently serving the relay on the first carrier, assigning the UE to operate on a carrier of the plurality of carriers other than the first carrier rather than having the UE operate on the first carrier on which the base station is currently serving the relay. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for managing carrier frequency assignment in a radio access network, wherein the radio access network comprises a base station that provides a coverage area in which to serve user equipment devices (UEs), and wherein the coverage area operates on a plurality of carriers, the method comprising:
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determining, by the base station, that the base station is going to begin serving a relay; determining, by the base station, a particular carrier of the plurality of carriers on which the base station is currently serving a fewest number of UEs that are circuit switched fallback (CSFB) capable; and based on the particular carrier being the carrier of the plurality of the plurality of carriers on which the base station is currently serving the fewest number of UEs that are CSFB capable, assigning, by the base station, the relay to operate on the particular carrier. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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