ALLOCATING DIGITAL CHANNELS ASSOCIATED WITH COMMUNICATIONS SIGNALS INTO ASSIGNED SPECTRUM CHUNKS IN A WIRELESS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (WDS) BASED ON DETERMINED UTILIZATION OF PROCESSING RESOURCES
First Claim
1. A resource configuration system configured to allocate processing resources for communicating a plurality of incoming digital signals in a wireless distribution system (WDS), comprising:
- processing circuitry having a predefined total processing circuitry resource for processing the plurality of incoming digital signals, wherein the plurality of incoming digital signals comprises a plurality of discrete channels;
the processing circuitry is configured to;
receive the plurality of incoming digital signals;
allocate each of the plurality of discrete channels to a spectrum chunk based on a spectrum chunk map comprising one or more spectrum chunks, each of the one or more spectrum chunks assigned with at least one discrete channel among the plurality of discrete channels and allocated a processing circuitry resource that is less than or equal to the predefined total processing circuitry resource; and
process each of the one or more spectrum chunks based on the processing circuitry resource allocated to the spectrum chunk; and
a distribution circuit configured to generate a plurality of outgoing digital signals each comprising at least one spectrum chunk among the one or more spectrum chunks.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to allocating digital channels into spectrum chunks in a wireless distribution system (WDS). In a WDS, a central unit is configured to communicate downlink and uplink communications signals with a plurality of remote units over a plurality of downlink and uplink communication links. In one aspect, discrete downlink channels in the downlink communications signals are grouped into downlink spectrum chunks at the central unit when the processing circuitry at the central unit is underutilized. In another aspect, discrete uplink channels in the uplink communications signals are grouped into uplink spectrum chunks at the remote units when the processing circuitries at the remote units are underutilized. By grouping discrete downlink channels into downlink spectrum chunks and/or grouping uplink discrete channels into uplink spectrum chunks, it is possible to optimize system resource utilization in the WDS, thus providing enhanced overall performance in the WDS.
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32 Claims
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1. A resource configuration system configured to allocate processing resources for communicating a plurality of incoming digital signals in a wireless distribution system (WDS), comprising:
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processing circuitry having a predefined total processing circuitry resource for processing the plurality of incoming digital signals, wherein the plurality of incoming digital signals comprises a plurality of discrete channels; the processing circuitry is configured to; receive the plurality of incoming digital signals; allocate each of the plurality of discrete channels to a spectrum chunk based on a spectrum chunk map comprising one or more spectrum chunks, each of the one or more spectrum chunks assigned with at least one discrete channel among the plurality of discrete channels and allocated a processing circuitry resource that is less than or equal to the predefined total processing circuitry resource; and process each of the one or more spectrum chunks based on the processing circuitry resource allocated to the spectrum chunk; and a distribution circuit configured to generate a plurality of outgoing digital signals each comprising at least one spectrum chunk among the one or more spectrum chunks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for allocating processing circuitry resources for communicating a plurality of incoming digital signals in a wireless distribution system (WDS), comprising:
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determining a predefined total processing circuitry resource for processing the plurality of incoming digital signals, wherein the plurality of incoming digital signals comprises a plurality of discrete channels; receiving the plurality of incoming digital signals; allocating each of the plurality of discrete channels to a spectrum chunk based on a spectrum chunk map comprising one or more spectrum chunks, each of the one or more spectrum chunks assigned with at least one discrete channel among the plurality of discrete channels and allocated a processing circuitry resource that is less than or equal to the predefined total processing circuitry resource; processing each of the one or more spectrum chunks based on the processing circuitry resource allocated to the spectrum chunk; and generating a plurality of outgoing digital signals each comprising at least one spectrum chunk among the one or more spectrum chunks. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A wireless distribution system (WDS), comprising:
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a central unit comprising a central unit resource configuration system, the central unit resource configuration system comprising processing circuitry having a predefined total central unit processing circuitry resource for processing a plurality of downlink digital signals that comprises a plurality of discrete downlink channels; a configuration controller configured to; determine a downlink spectrum chunk map for the central unit resource configuration system, the downlink spectrum chunk map comprising one or more downlink spectrum chunks determined based on a predefined spectrum-chunking algorithm; assign at least one discrete downlink channel among the plurality of discrete downlink channels to each of the one or more downlink spectrum chunks; and allocate a central unit processing circuitry resource that is less than or equal to the predefined total central unit processing circuitry resource of the processing circuitry in the central unit resource configuration system to each of the one or more downlink spectrum chunks based on a predefined resource allocation policy; the central unit resource configuration system is configured to; receive the plurality of downlink digital signals; allocate each of the plurality of discrete downlink channels to an assigned downlink spectrum chunk based on the downlink spectrum chunk map; process each of the one or more downlink spectrum chunks based on the central unit processing circuitry resource allocated to the downlink spectrum chunk; and generate a plurality of downlink digital communications signals each comprising at least one downlink spectrum chunk among the one or more downlink spectrum chunks; and a plurality of remote units configured to; receive the plurality of downlink digital communications signals from the central unit over a plurality of downlink communication links, respectively; and convert the plurality of downlink digital communications signals into a plurality of downlink radio frequency (RF) communications signals for distribution to client devices. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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