Frequency allocation in communication network
First Claim
1. A method of allocating frequencies on the uplink of a radio network, the method including:
- allocating a same set of uplink frequencies to each of two adjacent coverage areas of the network, wherein the set of uplink frequencies is allocated according to a different allocating priority in the two adjacent coverage areas.
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Abstract
A radio network element, comprising means for communicating, in a first coverage area, with a mobile terminal applying a primary frequency, means for communicating, in the first coverage area, with the mobile terminal by applying one or more secondary frequencies, if the mobile terminal can support and requests for one or more secondary uplink frequencies, wherein the radio network element is configured to allocate the primary frequency and one or more secondary frequencies from a set of frequencies, the set of frequencies being the same set of frequencies available for allocation in a second coverage area next to the first coverage area, wherein an allocation priority of the frequencies in the set of frequencies is different in the first coverage area compared to an allocation priority of frequencies in the second coverage area.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of allocating frequencies on the uplink of a radio network, the method including:
allocating a same set of uplink frequencies to each of two adjacent coverage areas of the network, wherein the set of uplink frequencies is allocated according to a different allocating priority in the two adjacent coverage areas. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
- 4. A radio network, wherein the network is configured to use a same set of uplink radio frequencies in each of two adjacent coverage areas of the network, and wherein the network is configured to allocate the uplink frequencies in each of the adjacent coverage areas according to a different allocation priority.
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17. A radio network element, comprising:
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means for communicating, in a first coverage area, with a mobile terminal by applying a primary frequency;
means for communicating, in the first coverage area, with the mobile terminal by applying at least one secondary frequencies, if the mobile terminal can support the at least one secondary frequency and requests one of the at least one secondary uplink frequencies, wherein, the radio network element is configured to allocate the primary frequency and at least one of the at least one secondary frequencies from a set of frequencies, the set of frequencies being the same set of frequencies available for allocation in a second coverage area that is next to the first coverage area, wherein an allocation priority of the frequencies in the set of frequencies is different in the first coverage area compared to an allocation priority of frequencies in the second coverage area. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A cell base station, wherein the cell base station is either one of a micro cell base station or a pico cell base station, the cell base station comprising means for providing a radio cell, wherein the radio cell is in an operation area of a macro cell, the cell base station being configured to use a same set of frequencies as a macro cell network, wherein an allocation priority of the frequencies in the cell base station is such that a primarily allocated frequency of the macro cell has a lowest allocation priority in the radio cell.
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25. A mobile terminal, comprising:
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means for setting up a first uplink connection to a mobile network;
means for evaluating at least one property associated with the first uplink connection; and
means for deciding whether one or more second uplink connections are sent to the network depending upon the at least one property.
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26. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium, said computer program including instructions for executing a computer process of allocating frequencies on the uplink of a radio network, the process including:
allocating a same set of uplink frequencies used in two adjacent coverage areas of the network, wherein the set of uplink frequencies is allocated according to a different allocating priority in the two adjacent coverage areas.
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