Spectrum sharing between wireless systems
First Claim
1. In a wireless system comprising a first plurality of wireless networks, each wireless network comprising at least one base station and at least one subscriber terminal associated therewith, wherein at least one of the communication links extending between at least one of a first plurality of base stations and one or more subscriber terminals adapted to communicate with said at least one base station, experiences interferences resulting from communications exchanged along at least one communication link comprised in a different wireless network, a method of allocating sub-frames within one or more communication time frames for eliminating said interferences, which method comprises:
- for each wireless network, classifying each of the operative links extending between its base station and the subscriber terminals associated therewith by the interferences to which said link would be subjected due to transmissions of communications in at least one other wireless network;
allocating within one or more of the communication time frames designated for transmission and/or reception of communications along said first plurality of wireless networks, at least two sub-frames;
determining which of the links will be allowed to carry communications during each of said at least two sub-frames, wherein the determination is made to satisfy a selection condition whereby none of the links associated with a certain sub-frame be subjected to interferences caused by communications transmitted along any of the other links carrying communications during that sub-frame; and
communicating radio signals between each of the base stations and their respective one or more subscriber terminals during said at least two sub-frames, wherein the communication is carried in accordance with the determination step.
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Abstract
In a wireless network, subjected to interferences caused by the operation of an adjacent network, a method and devices are provided to allow the allocation of time-sub-frames for operating at frequencies that are subjected to such interferences.
By the present invention, a time frame allocated for communication is divided into at least two time sub-frames. The links along which communications will be transmitted in each of these sub-frames are selected in such a way that during each sub-frame, none of the operative links will be subjected to interferences caused by communications transmitted during that sub-frame along any of the other links.
Also, the time frames allocated for communication along the channels that experience interferences are divided into at least two time sub-frames. One of the time sub-frames is reserved for communicating signals to/from subscriber terminals that are not subjected to interferences, while another time sub-frame is reserved for communicating radio signals to/from terminals that are subjected to interferences. The transmission and/or reception of radio signals along the interfered channels are scheduled in such a way that the interferences caused by the adjacent wireless network, will not have an impact on transmissions and/or receptions of the radio signals at either end of any link which is subjected to interference.
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20 Claims
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1. In a wireless system comprising a first plurality of wireless networks, each wireless network comprising at least one base station and at least one subscriber terminal associated therewith, wherein at least one of the communication links extending between at least one of a first plurality of base stations and one or more subscriber terminals adapted to communicate with said at least one base station, experiences interferences resulting from communications exchanged along at least one communication link comprised in a different wireless network, a method of allocating sub-frames within one or more communication time frames for eliminating said interferences, which method comprises:
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for each wireless network, classifying each of the operative links extending between its base station and the subscriber terminals associated therewith by the interferences to which said link would be subjected due to transmissions of communications in at least one other wireless network; allocating within one or more of the communication time frames designated for transmission and/or reception of communications along said first plurality of wireless networks, at least two sub-frames; determining which of the links will be allowed to carry communications during each of said at least two sub-frames, wherein the determination is made to satisfy a selection condition whereby none of the links associated with a certain sub-frame be subjected to interferences caused by communications transmitted along any of the other links carrying communications during that sub-frame; and communicating radio signals between each of the base stations and their respective one or more subscriber terminals during said at least two sub-frames, wherein the communication is carried in accordance with the determination step. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A base station adapted to operate in a wireless network and comprising:
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an interface operative to allow communication between said base station and plurality of subscriber terminals associated therewith; at least one radio transceiver operative at at least one frequency and capable of transmitting communication traffic towards said plurality of subscriber terminals and receive communication traffic therefrom; at least one processor adapted to; determine the existence of interferences caused by communications transmitted between at least one other base station and at least one other subscriber terminal, at a frequency substantially the same or substantially adjacent to the frequency used for communication between said base station and one or more subscriber terminals out of said plurality of subscriber terminals; divide at least one of the time frames allocated for transmission and/or reception of communications, into at least two time sub-frames, wherein each of said at least two sub-frames is characterized in that all of the links along which communication is being transmitted during said sub-frame are not subjected to interferences caused by any of said at least one other base station or said at least one other subscriber terminal, during that sub-frame. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A subscriber terminal adapted to operate in a wireless network and comprising:
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an interface operative to allow communication between said subscriber terminal and at least one base station; at least one radio transceiver operative at at least one frequency and adapted to transmit communication traffic towards said at least one base station and receive communication traffic therefrom; at least one processor adapted to; determine the existence of interferences caused by radio transmissions at a frequency that is substantially the same or substantially adjacent to a frequency used by said subscriber terminal, and where the interferences occur during transmission to or reception of communication from said at least one base station; and notifying said at least one base station of the interferences detected; and wherein said at least one radio transceiver is adapted to receive radio transmissions within a time sub-frame allocated by said at least one base station for transmitting radio transmissions to subscriber terminals that experience interferences in their communication with said at least one base station, and wherein said at least one radio transceiver is further adapted to transmit radio transmissions within a time sub-frame allocated by said at least one base station for receiving radio transmissions from subscriber terminals that experience interferences in their communication with said at least one base station. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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