Method and apparatus for signal interference avoidance
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- identifying, by a system comprising a processor, a resource block of a plurality of resource blocks coincident with a periodic time of recurrence of an interferer, resulting in an affected resource block; and
generating, by the system, an updated resource block schedule by modifying a resource block schedule of a mobile device, wherein the updated resource block schedule avoids utilizing at least a portion of the affected resource block during the periodic time of recurrence of the interferer;
wherein the generating of the updated resource block schedule comprises;
adjusting assignment via time shifting of at least a portion of the plurality of resource blocks to generate an updated time of occurrence of the affected resource block to reduce or eliminate an overlap with the periodic time of recurrence of the interferer; and
generating the updated resource block schedule according to the time shifting;
ordetecting that the interferer has a periodic spectral frequency range;
adjusting assignment via frequency shifting of at least a portion of the plurality of resource blocks to generate an updated spectral operating frequency range of the affected resource block to reduce or eliminate an overlap in frequency with the periodic spectral frequency range of the interferer; and
generating the updated resource block schedule according to the frequency shifting.
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting an interferer having a periodic time of recurrence and a periodic spectral frequency range, identifying a spectral segment of a plurality of spectral segments of a wideband radio system having a time of occurrence and an operating frequency range that overlaps with the periodic time of recurrence and the periodic spectral frequency range of the interferer, identifying a communication device utilizing the spectral segment for transmitting data in accordance with a segment schedule assigned to the communication device, and generating an updated segment schedule by modifying the segment schedule of the communication device to avoid utilizing an affected portion of the spectral segment during the periodic time of recurrence and the periodic spectral frequency range of the interferer. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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identifying, by a system comprising a processor, a resource block of a plurality of resource blocks coincident with a periodic time of recurrence of an interferer, resulting in an affected resource block; and generating, by the system, an updated resource block schedule by modifying a resource block schedule of a mobile device, wherein the updated resource block schedule avoids utilizing at least a portion of the affected resource block during the periodic time of recurrence of the interferer; wherein the generating of the updated resource block schedule comprises; adjusting assignment via time shifting of at least a portion of the plurality of resource blocks to generate an updated time of occurrence of the affected resource block to reduce or eliminate an overlap with the periodic time of recurrence of the interferer; and
generating the updated resource block schedule according to the time shifting;
ordetecting that the interferer has a periodic spectral frequency range;
adjusting assignment via frequency shifting of at least a portion of the plurality of resource blocks to generate an updated spectral operating frequency range of the affected resource block to reduce or eliminate an overlap in frequency with the periodic spectral frequency range of the interferer; andgenerating the updated resource block schedule according to the frequency shifting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A machine-readable storage device comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
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identifying a spectral segment of a plurality of spectral segments that has an overlap with an interferer, wherein the overlap comprises overlapping with a periodic time of recurrence of the interferer and overlapping with a periodic spectral frequency range of the interferer, and wherein the identifying results in an affected spectral segment; and modifying a segment schedule resulting in an updated segment schedule utilized by a communication device, wherein the modifying the segment schedule avoids using at least a portion of the affected spectral segment during the periodic time of recurrence of the interferer or in the periodic spectral frequency range of the interferer; wherein the modifying the segment schedule comprises; adjusting assignment via time shifting of at least a portion of the plurality of spectral segments to generate an updated time of occurrence of the affected spectral segment to reduce or eliminate an overlap with the periodic time of recurrence of the interferer; and
modifying the segment schedule according to the time shifting;
oradjusting assignment via frequency shifting of at least a portion of the plurality of spectral segments to generate an updated operating frequency range of the affected spectral segment to reduce or eliminate an overlap in frequency with the periodic spectral frequency range of the interferer; and
modifying the segment schedule according to the frequency shifting. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A communication device, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising; identifying a spectral segment of a plurality of spectral segments that has a time of occurrence that overlaps with a periodic time of recurrence of an interferer and an operating frequency range that overlaps with a periodic spectral frequency range of the interferer, wherein the identifying results in an affected spectral segment; and transmitting a message requesting an updated segment schedule to avoid utilizing at least a portion of the affected spectral segment during the periodic time of recurrence of the interferer or in the periodic spectral frequency range of the interferer; wherein the updated segment schedule is generated by; adjusting assignment via time shifting of at least a portion of the plurality of spectral segments to generate an updated time of occurrence of the affected spectral segment to reduce or eliminate an overlap with the periodic time of recurrence of the interferer; and
modifying a segment schedule, assigned to the communication device, according to the time shifting;
oradjusting assignment via frequency shifting of at least a portion of the plurality of spectral segments to generate an updated operating frequency range of the affected spectral segment to reduce or eliminate an overlap in frequency with the periodic spectral frequency range of the interferer; and
modifying a segment schedule, assigned to the communication device, according to the frequency shifting. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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