Spectrum controller for cellular and WiFi networks
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- processing circuitry; and
at least one computer readable storage medium adapted to store data used by the processing circuitry;
wherein the processing circuitry is adapted to perform the following a plurality of times;
obtain metrics regarding a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and a Radio Access Network (RAN) of a cellular network, the WLAN and the RAN having overlapping coverage ranges,based at least partly on said metrics, allocate a first adjusted spectrum allocation to a first network, of the WLAN and RAN, and a second adjusted spectrum allocation to a second network, of the WLAN and RAN, said first adjusted spectrum allocation decreased from a first current spectrum allocation for the first network, and said second adjusted spectrum allocation increased from a second current spectrum allocation for the second network, andcause enforcement of the first adjusted spectrum allocation and the second adjusted spectrum allocation,wherein in at least two of the plurality of times, said metrics are indicative that for the first network, the first current spectrum allocation is greater than or equal to a first current spectrum requirement for the first network, and that for the second network, the second current spectrum allocation is less than a second current spectrum requirement for the second network, andwherein in at least one of the at least two times the first network is the WLAN and the second network is the RAN, and in at least one other of the at least two times the first network is the RAN and the second network is the WLAN.
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Abstract
In one embodiment a method including obtaining metrics regarding a WiFi network and a RAN having overlapping coverage ranges, based at least partly on the metrics, allocating a first adjusted spectrum allocation to a first network, and a second adjusted spectrum allocation to a second network, the first adjusted spectrum allocation decreased from a first current spectrum allocation, and the second adjusted spectrum allocation increased from a second current spectrum allocation, and causing enforcement of the first adjusted spectrum allocation and the second adjusted spectrum allocation, wherein the obtaining, allocating and causing are performed a plurality of times, and wherein in at least one of the plurality of times the first network is the WiFi network and the second network is the RAN, and in at least one other of the plurality of times the first network is the RAN and the second network is the WiFi network.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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processing circuitry; and at least one computer readable storage medium adapted to store data used by the processing circuitry; wherein the processing circuitry is adapted to perform the following a plurality of times; obtain metrics regarding a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and a Radio Access Network (RAN) of a cellular network, the WLAN and the RAN having overlapping coverage ranges, based at least partly on said metrics, allocate a first adjusted spectrum allocation to a first network, of the WLAN and RAN, and a second adjusted spectrum allocation to a second network, of the WLAN and RAN, said first adjusted spectrum allocation decreased from a first current spectrum allocation for the first network, and said second adjusted spectrum allocation increased from a second current spectrum allocation for the second network, and cause enforcement of the first adjusted spectrum allocation and the second adjusted spectrum allocation, wherein in at least two of the plurality of times, said metrics are indicative that for the first network, the first current spectrum allocation is greater than or equal to a first current spectrum requirement for the first network, and that for the second network, the second current spectrum allocation is less than a second current spectrum requirement for the second network, and wherein in at least one of the at least two times the first network is the WLAN and the second network is the RAN, and in at least one other of the at least two times the first network is the RAN and the second network is the WLAN. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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obtaining metrics regarding a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and Radio Access Network (RAN) of a cellular network, the WLAN and the RAN having overlapping coverage ranges, based at least partly on said metrics, allocating a first adjusted spectrum allocation to a first network, of the WLAN and RAN, and a second adjusted spectrum allocation to a second network, of the WLAN and RAN, said first adjusted spectrum allocation decreased from a first current spectrum allocation for the first network, and said second adjusted spectrum allocation increased from a second current spectrum allocation for the second network; and causing enforcement of the first adjusted spectrum allocation and the second adjusted spectrum allocation, wherein said obtaining, allocating and causing are performed a plurality of times, and wherein in at least two of the plurality of times, said metrics are indicative that for the first network, the first current spectrum allocation is greater than or equal to a first current spectrum requirement for the first network, and that for the second network, the second current spectrum allocation is less than a second current spectrum requirement for the second network, and wherein in at least one of the at least two times the first network is the WLAN and the second network is the RAN, and in at least one other of the at least two times the first network is the RAN and the second network is the WLAN. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer program product comprising:
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computer readable program code for causing a computer to obtain metrics regarding a WLAN and a Radio Access Network (RAN) of a cellular network, the WLAN and the RAN having overlapping coverage ranges; computer readable program code for causing the computer to allocate, based at least partly on said metrics, a first adjusted spectrum allocation to a first network, of the WLAN and RAN, and a second adjusted spectrum allocation to a second network, of the WLAN and RAN, said first adjusted spectrum allocation decreased from a first current spectrum allocation for the first network, and said second adjusted spectrum allocation increased from a second current spectrum allocation for the second network; and computer readable program code for causing the computer to cause enforcement of the first adjusted spectrum allocation and the second adjusted spectrum allocation, wherein the computer readable program code for causing the computer to obtain, allocate and cause enforcement, causes the computer to obtain, allocate and cause enforcement a plurality of times, and wherein in at least two of the plurality of times, said metrics are indicative that for the first network, the first current spectrum allocation is greater than or equal to a first current spectrum requirement for the first network, and that for the second network, the second current spectrum allocation is less than a second current spectrum requirement for the second network, and wherein in at least one of the at least two times the first network is the WLAN and the second network is the RAN, and in at least one other of the at least two times the first network is the RAN and the second network is the WLAN. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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