Method and system for controlling interference by dynamically adjusting quantity of antennas

    公开(公告)号:US10917125B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-09

    申请号:US16535581

    申请日:2019-08-08

    摘要: A mechanism to control transmission by a base station, which may help to control interference on an adjacent frequency. The base station is configured to operate on a first frequency and is equipped with a number of antennas enabled for transmission on the first frequency. Upon detecting of a trigger for reducing potential interference on the adjacent frequency, the base station reduces the number of its antennas that are enabled for transmission on the first carrier, which may reduce the overall energy of the base station's transmission and may thereby reduce interference on the adjacent frequency. In an example implementation, the base station could disable a proper subset of its antennas from use for transmission on the first frequency, while leaving a remainder of its antennas enabled for transmission on the first frequency.

    Control of coordinated-multipoint service in a virtual radio access network

    公开(公告)号:US10805831B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-13

    申请号:US15493570

    申请日:2017-04-21

    IPC分类号: H04W28/02 H04W72/12 H04B7/024

    摘要: A method and system to help control CoMP service in a V-RAN arrangement. The load on a cell site's fronthaul network interface between the cell site's RRH and the cell site's BBU is determined. And in response to detecting that the fronthaul load is threshold high, a limit will be imposed on application of CoMP service involving the cell site. For example, in response to detecting that the cell site's fronthaul network interface is threshold highly loaded, (i) the cell site could be made to use decentralized joint processing rather than centralized joint processing, (ii) a lower coverage strength threshold could be imposed as a basis to trigger CoMP service involving the cell site, and/or (iii) the quantity of uplink communication that is subject to CoMP service involving the cell site could be limited.

    Controlling timing of dedicated-bearer setup based on base station load

    公开(公告)号:US10764336B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-01

    申请号:US16184647

    申请日:2018-11-08

    IPC分类号: H04L29/06 H04W76/12

    摘要: In a wireless communication system where a wireless access network includes a base station providing coverage in which to serve devices and where the wireless access network provides connectivity with an Internet Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), a method and system to help manage network resources by dynamically controlling when setup of a dedicated bearer will be invoked for a packet-based call placed by a device served by the base station. If the base station is lightly loaded, then setup of dedicated bearer could be invoked before the called party answers the call. Whereas, if the base station is heavily loaded, then setup of the dedicated bearer could be invoked if and when the called party has answered.

    Controlled transition from dual-connectivity to single-connectivity

    公开(公告)号:US10750413B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-18

    申请号:US16130181

    申请日:2018-09-13

    摘要: Disclosed are methods and systems for configuring service of a user equipment device (UE). When the UE has dual-connectivity service, such as EN-DC service, poor quality on one of the UE's air-interface connections could result in transition of the UE to single-connectivity service. To address technological issues that may arise in this process, one of the UE's serving Node-Bs (NBs) could control teardown of an access bearer homed to the other of the UE's serving NBs. Further or alternatively, a control-plane signaling path that is homed to one of the UE's serving NBs could be replaced with a control-plane signaling path instead homed to the other of the UE's serving NBs. In addition, in appropriate circumstances, when such reconfiguration occurs, service of the UE could be switched from one core network to another.

    Systems and methods for mitigating interference from neighbors

    公开(公告)号:US10687229B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-16

    申请号:US16378876

    申请日:2019-04-09

    摘要: Systems and methods are described for mitigating interference from neighbors. Interference may be monitored at a first access node, wherein the monitoring includes detecting an interference pattern over at least two monitored subframes. The interference pattern may be analyzed to identify one or more interference sources, wherein a first interference pattern indicates interference caused by a neighboring access node and a second interference pattern indicates interference caused by one or more wireless devices communicating with a neighboring access node. The identified interference sources may be instructed to adjust transmissions based on the monitored interference.

    Balancing traffic in a heterogeneous network with active distributed antenna system

    公开(公告)号:US10667193B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-26

    申请号:US15612308

    申请日:2017-06-02

    IPC分类号: H04W36/22 H04W36/08 H04L12/26

    摘要: Methods and systems for balancing traffic in a wireless network by controlling DAS and an access node of a macro nodes to direct a wireless device to the system with the lowest latency, according to a priority of an application of a wireless device. The method includes receiving an indicator of an application type, or a bearer type, from a wireless device, determining a processing delay of a distributed antenna system, determining a priority of the received signal, and in response to the processing delay of the distributed antenna system meeting a first criteria and a quality of service indicator meeting a second criteria, directing the wireless device to an access node.

    Selecting a primary carrier for a high power class wireless device

    公开(公告)号:US10652890B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-12

    申请号:US15792196

    申请日:2017-10-24

    IPC分类号: H04W72/04 H04L5/00 H04L5/14

    摘要: Performing carrier aggregation for high-powered wireless devices that may cause interference to other wireless devices includes determining that a wireless device attached to an access node is assigned to a high power class and capable of operating in a carrier aggregation mode, initiating the carrier aggregation mode for the wireless device, and instructing the access node to utilize a frequency-division-duplexing (FDD) carrier deployed by the access node as a primary carrier for the wireless device. A handover of the wireless device to the FDD carrier may be triggered by a threshold level of interference caused by uplink transmissions from the wireless device when operating in the high-powered transmission mode on a TDD carrier.