Method and system for real-time channel management in a radio telecommunications system
First Claim
1. A method for managing channel usage at a first base station in a radio telecommunication system, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving data which identify channels in use at a second base station;
(b) obtaining a channel usage request, said channel usage request requesting use of a channel at said first base station;
(c) determining whether said second base station is carrying less call traffic than said first base station; and
(d) if said second base station is carrying less call traffic, using a channel at said first base station which is in use at said second base station.
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Abstract
A channel management process (68) is performed by a parent base station (36) of a radio telecommunications system (20) that exchanges channel usage data with neighbor base stations (38) within its local group (34). When channel usage data indicates a channel assignment conflict, that conflict is resolved in the base station (22) having the lesser loading of the pair of conflicting base stations (22). Channel usage requests received by a base station (22) are prioritized and sequentially processed, channels (58) being assigned for inter-cell handoff requests, then intra-cell handoff requests after inter-cell handoff requests, even when that assignment creates a conflict, and then channels (58) being assigned to new call requests after handoff requests if that assignment does not create a conflict.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for managing channel usage at a first base station in a radio telecommunication system, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving data which identify channels in use at a second base station; (b) obtaining a channel usage request, said channel usage request requesting use of a channel at said first base station; (c) determining whether said second base station is carrying less call traffic than said first base station; and (d) if said second base station is carrying less call traffic, using a channel at said first base station which is in use at said second base station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for managing radio channel usage among a plurality of base stations in a radio telecommunication system, said method comprising the steps of:
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placing channels in use at each of said base stations to support calls from each of said base stations; notifying other ones of said base stations that said channels have been placed in use; monitoring, at each of said base stations, call traffic in more than one of said base stations; and identifying possible interference conflicts between channels placed in use at pairs of said base stations; wherein, for each pair of said base stations, said identifying step is performed at said base station which is experiencing less call traffic within said pair of base stations. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for managing radio channel usage between first and second base stations within a radio telecommunication system, said first and second base stations supporting first and second cells, respectively, and said first cell being located proximate said second cell so that communications in said first and second cells potentially interfere, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving channel usage requests at said first and second base stations, said channel usage requests requesting use of channels at said first and second base stations, and said requests being configured as handoff requests and new call requests; (b) performing pre-usage interference conflict checking at said first and second base stations in response to each of said channel usage requests; (c) monitoring call traffic at said first and second base stations to identify a greater call-traffic-carrying one of said first and second base stations and a lesser call-traffic-carrying one of said first and second base stations; (d) if, in response to said step (b), channels appear to be non-interfering, using said apparently non-interfering channels at said greater and lesser call-traffic-carrying base stations to support calls conducted in said first and second cells; (e) if, in response to said step (b), no channel appears to be non-interfering, refraining from using any channel in response to new call requests at said greater and lesser call-traffic-carrying base stations; and (f) if, in response to said step (b), no channel appears to be non-interfering, using apparently interfering channels at said greater call-traffic-carrying base station to support calls conducted in said first cell. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A system comprising:
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a plurality of neighbor base stations, each carrying an amount of call traffic; and a parent base station that is capable of communicating with each of the neighbor base stations to receive the amount of call traffic from each of the neighbor base stations, passing conflict resolution to a neighbor base station if the neighbor base station has a lesser amount of the call traffic than the parent base station, and resolving a conflict if the neighbor base station has a greater amount of the call traffic and the conflict exists.
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26. A parent base station comprising:
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means for communicating with each of the neighbor base stations to receive an amount of call traffic of each of a plurality of neighbor base stations; means for passing conflict resolution to a neighbor base station if the neighbor base station has a lesser amount of the call traffic than the parent base station; and means for resolving a conflict if the neighbor base station has a greater amount of the call traffic than the parent base station and the conflict exists.
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Specification