Adaptive control method for operating communications environments

• US 20060171345A1
• Filed: 12/19/2002
• Published: 08/03/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Hildebrand, Uwe, Jeck, Michael
• Application Number:
  US10/538,350
• Publication Number:
  US 20060171345A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/319
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2618 using hybrid code-time division multiple access [CDMA-TDMA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/00 Synchronisation arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/10 adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points

Abstract

A method for operating a first communications environment and a communications environment wherein first communications resources for communications according to a first communications standard are used for communications according to a second communications standard and wherein the use of the first communications resources for communications according to the first communications standard is controlled in dependence of communications to be performed according to the second communications standard.

Claims

1. A method for operating a first communications environment for which first communications resources (TG) are provided for communications according to a first communications standard type, comprising the steps of:

using the first communication resources for communications according to the first communications standard type,

using the first communications resources for communications according to a second communications standard type, and

controlling the use of the first communications resources as being used for communications according to the first communications standard type in dependence of communications to be performed according to the second communications standard type,

communicating according to the first communications standard type by using a first frame structure including at least one transmission gap (TG),

controlling the use of the first communication resources by controlling at least one of a number and duration of the at least one transmission gap (TG), and

using the at least one transmission gap (TG) for communications according to the second communications standard type.

2. The method according to claim 1, comprising the step of:

controlling the use of the first communications resources (TG) for communications according to the first communications standard type in dependence of communications to be performed according to the first communications standard type.

3. The method according to claim 1, comprising the steps of:

using second communications resources provided for communications according to the second communications standard type for communications according to the first communications standard type and

controlling the use of the second communications resources for communications according to the second communications standard type in dependence of communications to be performed according to the first communications standard type.

4. The method of claim 3, comprising the steps of:

communicating according to the second communications standard type by using a second frame structure, and

controlling the use of the second communications resource by controlling at least one of a number and a duration of at least a part of the second frame structure being used for communications according to the second communications standard type.

5. The method according to claim 3, comprising the step of:

controlling the use of the second communications resources for communications according to the second communications standard type in dependence of communications to be performed according to the second communications standard type.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first communications resources include a first frequency range.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the first frequency range and the second frequency range overlap at least partially.

8. The method according to claim 1, comprising the step of controlling the use of the first communications resources for a geographical area for which both communications according to the first communications standard type and communications according to the second communications standard type are provided.

9. The method according to claim 1, comprising the step of controlling the use of the first communications resources in dependence of at least one of a current communications traffic according to the second communications standard type, expected communications traffic according to the second communications standard type and available communications resources for communications according to the second communications standard type.

10. The method according to claim 3, comprising the step of controlling the use of the second communications resources in dependence of at least one of a current communications traffic according to the first communications standard type, expected communications traffic according to the first communications standard type and available communications resources for communications according to the first communications standard type.

11. The method according to claim 1, comprising the step of providing the first communications resources as resources comprised by the first communications environment, which provides for communications according to the first communications standard type.

12. The method according to claim 3, comprising the steps of:

providing the first communications resources as resources comprised by the first communications environment, which provides for communications according to the first communications standard type, and

providing the second communications resources as resources comprised by a second communications environment, which provides for communications according to the second communications standard type.

13. The method according to claim 3, comprising the step of:

communicating information indicating at least one of a current communications traffic according to the second communications standard type, expected communications traffic according to the second communications standard type and available communications resources for communications according to the second communications standard type to the first communications resources so as to control the use of the first communications resources.

14. The method according to claim 3, comprising the step of:

communicating information indicating at least one of a current communications traffic according to the first communications standard type, expected communications traffic according to the first communications standard type and available communications resources for communications according to the first communications standard type to the second communications resources so as to control the use of the second communications resources.

15. The method according to one of the preceding claims, comprising the step of:

using the first communications resources for

only communications according to the first communications standard type, or

only communications according to the second communications standard type, or

communications according to the first communications standard type and communications according to the second communications standard type.

16. The method according to claim 3, comprising the step of:

using the second communications resources for

only communications according to the first communications standard type, or

only communications according to the second communications standard type, or

communications according to the first communications standard type and communications according to the second communications standard type.

17. The method according to claim 1, comprising the step of:

controlling the use of the first communications resources such that communications according to the first communications standard type are prioritized in relation to communications according to the second communications standard type.

18. The method according to claim 3, comprising the step of:

controlling the use of the second communications resources such that communications according to the second communications standard type are prioritized in relation to communications according to the first communications standard type.

37. A radio base station for a communications environment being adapted to be operated according to the steps of claim 1.

38. A computer program product, comprising program code portions for carrying out the steps according to claim 1.

39. The computer program product according to claim 38, being stored on a computer readable storage medium or in a computer readable storage device.

40. The method according to claim 3, wherein the second communications resources include a second frequency range.

41. The method according to claim 3, comprising the step of controlling the use of the second communications resources for a geographical area for which both communications according to the first communications standard type and communications according to the second communications standard type are provided.

42. The method according to claim 2, comprising the step of controlling the use of the first communications resources in dependence of at least one of a current communications traffic according to the first communications standard type, expected communications traffic according to the first communications standard type and available communications resources for communications according to the first communications standard type.

43. The method according to claim 5, comprising the step of controlling the use of the second communications resources in dependence of at least one of a current communications traffic according to the second communications standard type, expected communications traffic according to the second communications standard type and available communications resources for communications according to the second communications standard type.

44. The method according to claim 3, comprising the step of providing the first communications resources and second communications resources as resources comprised by the first communications environment, which provides for both communications according to the first communications standard type and communications according to the second communications standard type.

19. A communications environment, being adapted

to utilize first communications resources (TG) for communications according to a first communications standard type for communications according to a second communications standard type, and

to control the use of the first communications resources (TG) for communications according to the first communications standard type in dependence of communications to be performed according to the second communications standard type,

wherein the first communications resources comprise a first frame structure including at least one transmission gap (TG),

wherein the communications environment is adapted to control the use of the first communications resources by controlling at least one of a number and duration of the at least one transmission gap (TG), and

wherein the communications environment is adapted to control the use of the at least one transmission gap (TG) for communications according to the second communications standard type.

20. The communications environment according to claim 19, being adapted

to control the use of the first communications resources (TG) for communications according to the first communications standard type in dependence of communications to be performed according to the first communications standard type.

21. The communications environment according to claim 19, being adapted

to utilize second communications resources for communications according to the second communications standard type for communications according to the first communications standard type, and

to control the use of the second communications resources for communications according to the second communications standard type in dependence of communications to be performed according to the first communications standard type.

22. The communications environment according to claim 21, wherein

the second communications resources comprise a second frame structure for communication according to the second communications standard type, and

the communications environment is adapted to control the use of the second communications resources by controlling at least one of a number and a duration of at least a part of the second frame structure being used for communications according to the second communications standard type.

23. The communications environment according to claim 21, being adapted

to control the use of the second communications resources for communications according to the second communications standard type in dependence of communications to be performed according to the second communications standard type.

24. The communications environment according to claim 19, wherein the first communications resources include a first frequency range.

25. The communications environment according to claim 24, wherein

the first frequency range and the second frequency range overlap at least partially.

26. The communications environment according to claim 19, being adapted to control the use of the first communications resources for a geographical area for which both communications according to the first communications standard type and communications according to the second communications standard type are provided.

27. The communications environment according to claim 19, being adapted to control the use of the first communications resources in dependence of at least one of a current communications traffic according to the second communications standard type, expected communications traffic according to the second communications standard type and available communications resources for communications according to the second communications standard type.

28. The communications environment according to claim 21, being adapted to control the use of the second communications resources in dependence of at least one of a current communications traffic according to the first communications standard type, expected communications traffic according to the first communications standard type and available communications resources for communications according to the first communications standard type.

29. The communications environment according to claim 19, wherein the first communications resources are comprised by the first communications environment, which provides for communications according to the first communications standard type.

30. The communications environment according to claim 21, wherein

the first communications resources are comprised by the first communications environment, which provides for communications according to the first communications standard type, and

the second communications resources are comprised by a second communications environment, which provides for communications according to the second communications standard type.

31. The communications environment according to claim 19, being adapted

to communicate information indicating at least one of a current communications traffic according to the second communications standard type, expected communications traffic according to the second communications standard type and available communications resources for communications according to the second communications standard type to the first communications resources so as to control the use of the first communications resources.

32. The communications environment according to claim 21, being adapted

to communicate information indicating at least one of a current communications traffic according to the first communications standard type, expected communications traffic according to the first communications standard type and available communications resources for communications according to the first communications standard type to the second communications resources so as to control the use of the second communications resources.

33. The communications environment according to claim 19, wherein the first communications resources are used for

only communications according to the first communications standard type, or

only communications according to the second communications standard type, or

communications according to the first communications standard type and communications according to the second communications standard type.

34. The communications environment according to claim 21, wherein the second communications resources are used for

only communications according to the first communications standard type, or

only communications according to the second communications standard type, or

communications according to the first communications standard type and communications according to the second communications standard type.

35. The communications environment according to claim 19, wherein

the use of the first communications resources are controlled such that communications according to the first communications standard type are prioritized in relation to communications according to the second communications standard type.

36. The communications environment according to claim 21, wherein

the use of the second communications resources are controlled such that communications according to the second communications standard type are prioritized in relation to communications according to the first communications standard type.

45. The communications environment according to claim 21, wherein the second communications resources include a second frequency range.

46. The communications environment according to claim 21, being adapted to control the use of the first communications resources in dependence of at least one of a current communications traffic according to the first communications standard type, expected communications traffic according to the first communications standard type and available communications resources for communications according to the first communications standard type.

47. The communications environment according to claim 23, being adapted to control the use of the second communications resources in dependence of at least one of a current communications traffic according to the second communications standard type, expected communications traffic according to the second communications standard type and available communications resources for communications according to the second communications standard type.

48. The communications environment according to claim 21, wherein the first communications resources and second communications resources are comprised by the first communications environment, which provides for both communications according to the first communications standard type and communications according to the second communications standard type.

49. The communications environment according to claim 21, being adapted to control the use of the second communications resources for a geographical area for which both communications according to the first communications standard type and communications according to the second communications standard type are provided.