APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF RADIO RESOURCES TO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION LINKS OF A PLURALITY OF TYPES

• US 20160255613A1
• Filed: 12/19/2013
• Published: 09/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel IP Corporation (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Faerber, Michael, Schmidt, Andreas, Hans, Martin, Bienas, Maik
• Granted Patent: US 10,039,107 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/10 Dynamic resource partitioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/32 Hierarchical cell structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/044 based on the type of the allocated resource
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/046 the resource being in the space domain, e.g. beams
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/12 Wireless traffic scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1215 for collaboration of different radio technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/52 based on load
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/54 based on quality criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/541 using the level of interference
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/56 based on priority criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of dynamic allocation of radio resources. For example, a resource allocator may dynamically allocate to a plurality of nodes of a cellular network non-cellular radio resources for communication over a plurality of non-cellular wireless communication links, the resource allocator may be configured to assign the non-cellular radio resources to a plurality of resource blocks corresponding to a plurality of link types, and to dynamically allocate to a non-cellular wireless communication link resources from a resource block corresponding to a link type of the non-cellular wireless communication link.

Claims

1-25. -25. (canceled)

26. An apparatus comprising:

a resource allocator to dynamically allocate to a plurality of nodes of a cellular network non-cellular radio resources for communication over a plurality of non-cellular wireless communication links, said resource allocator is to assign said non-cellular radio resources to a plurality of resource blocks corresponding to a plurality of link types, and to dynamically allocate to a non-cellular wireless communication link resources from a resource block corresponding to a link type of said non-cellular wireless communication link.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein said resource allocator is to allocate said non-cellular radio resources to said nodes based on at least one attribute of said plurality of non-cellular wireless communication links.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein said at least one attribute comprises at least one attribute selected from the group consisting of a spatial arrangement of said non-cellular wireless communication links, a capacity of one or more of said non-cellular wireless communication links, an activity state of one or more of said non-cellular wireless communication links, a load of one or more of said non-cellular wireless communication links, a link quality of one or more of said non-cellular wireless communication links, detected interference between said non-cellular wireless communication links, and an anticipated interference between said non-cellular wireless communication links.

29. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein said resource allocator is to allocate the non-cellular radio resources to the plurality of nodes based on a topology of said plurality of nodes.

30. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein said resource blocks comprise a backhaul resource block, and wherein said resource allocator is to allocate non-cellular radio resources of said backhaul resource block to at least one non-cellular backhaul link between at least one pair of nodes.

31. The apparatus of claim 26 wherein said resource blocks comprise a fronthaul resource block, and wherein said resource allocator is to allocate non-cellular radio resources of said fronthaul resource block to at least one non-cellular fronthaul link between a node and at least one Remote Radio Head (RRH).

32. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein said resource blocks comprise an access resource block, and wherein said resource allocator is to allocate non-cellular radio resources of said access resource block to at least one non-cellular access link between a node and one or more User Equipment (UE).

33. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein said resource allocator is to allocate said non-cellular radio resources to said non-cellular access link based on a load of a cellular access link between the node and the one or more UEs.

34. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein said resource allocator is to offload traffic between said non-cellular access link and a cellular access link the node and the one or more UEs, based on an amount of available non-cellular radio resources.

35. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein said resource allocator is to allocate said non-cellular radio resources to said non-cellular access link based on a number of UEs in communication with said node.

36. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein said plurality of resource blocks include a backhaul resource block, a fronthaul resource block, an access resource block, and an open resource block, the backhaul resource block including non-cellular radio resources to be allocated to non-cellular wireless communication backhaul links, the fronthaul resource block including non-cellular radio resources to be allocated to non-cellular wireless communication fronthaul links, the access resource block including non-cellular radio resources to be allocated to non-cellular wireless communication access links, and the open resource block including non-cellular radio resources.

37. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein said non-cellular wireless communication links comprise millimeter wave (mmwave) links.

38. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein said cellular network comprises a Global System for Mobile (GSM) network, a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network, a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, an LTE-advanced network, or a Fifth Generation (5G) network.

39. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein said non-cellular radio resources comprise at least one resource selected from the group consisting of frequency domain resources, time domain resources, code resources and power resources.

40. The apparatus of claim 26 comprising a first node of the plurality of cellular nodes, said resource allocator to allocate said non-cellular resources to a second node of said plurality of cellular nodes.

41. The apparatus of claim 40, wherein said first node comprises an anchor evolved node B (eNB).

42. An apparatus comprising:

a wireless communication transceiver to communicate with one or more devices of a cellular communication network over one or more non-cellular wireless communication links; and

a controller to transmit to a node of said cellular network capacity information relating to a required capacity of said one or more non-cellular wireless communication links, and to receive from said node an allocation of non-cellular radio resources to be allocated to said one or more non-cellular wireless communication links according to a resource allocation scheme including a plurality of resource blocks corresponding to a plurality of link types, wherein a non-cellular wireless communication link is to be allocated with radio resources from a resource block corresponding to a link type of said non-cellular wireless communication link.

43. The apparatus of claim 42, wherein said plurality of resource blocks include a backhaul resource block, a fronthaul resource block, an access resource block, and an open resource block, the backhaul resource block including non-cellular radio resources to be allocated to non-cellular wireless communication backhaul links, the fronthaul resource block including non-cellular radio resources to be allocated to non-cellular wireless communication fronthaul links, the access resource block including non-cellular radio resources to be allocated to non-cellular wireless communication access links, and the open resource block including non-cellular radio resources.

44. The apparatus of claim 43 comprising an evolved Node B (eNB), a relay node or a booster node.

45. A product including a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a machine, result in:

assigning non-cellular radio resources to a plurality of resource blocks corresponding to a plurality of link types; and

allocating said non-cellular radio resources to a plurality of nodes of a cellular network for communication over a plurality of non-cellular wireless communication links, said allocating comprises dynamically allocating to a non-cellular wireless communication link resources from a resource block corresponding to a link type of said non-cellular wireless communication link.

46. The product of claim 45, wherein said instructions result in allocating said non-cellular radio resources to said nodes based on at least one attribute of said plurality of non-cellular wireless communication links.

47. The product of claim 45, wherein said plurality of resource blocks include a backhaul resource block, a fronthaul resource block, an access resource block, and an open resource block, the backhaul resource block including non-cellular radio resources to be allocated to non-cellular wireless communication backhaul links, the fronthaul resource block including non-cellular radio resources to be allocated to non-cellular wireless communication fronthaul links, the access resource block including non-cellular radio resources to be allocated to non-cellular wireless communication access links, and the open resource block including non-cellular radio resources.

48. A product including a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a machine, result in:

communicating with one or more devices of a cellular communication network over one or more non-cellular wireless communication links;

transmitting to a node of said cellular network capacity information relating to a required capacity of said one or more non-cellular wireless communication links; and

receiving from said node an allocation of non-cellular radio resources to be allocated to said one or more non-cellular wireless communication links according to a resource allocation scheme including a plurality of resource blocks corresponding to a plurality of link types, wherein a non-cellular wireless communication link is to be allocated with radio resources from a resource block corresponding to a link type of said non-cellular wireless communication link.

49. The product of claim 48, wherein said plurality of resource blocks include a backhaul resource block, a fronthaul resource block, an access resource block, and an open resource block, the backhaul resource block including non-cellular radio resources to be allocated to non-cellular wireless communication backhaul links, the fronthaul resource block including non-cellular radio resources to be allocated to non-cellular wireless communication fronthaul links, the access resource block including non-cellular radio resources to be allocated to non-cellular wireless communication access links, and the open resource block including non-cellular radio resources.