Patent ID: 11910239
Assignee: SPRINT SPECTRUM LP
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A processing node for assigning component carriers for relay nodes, the processing node comprising:
one or more processors being operably coupled to one or more relay nodes and one or more donor access nodes, the one or more processors configured to perform operations comprising:
initiating a connection between a relay node of the one or more relay nodes and a donor access node of the one or more donor access nodes, the donor access node being configured to deploy a plurality of component carriers;
determining that channel state information is consistent over a time period;
based on determining that the channel state information is consistent over a time period, determining all available component carriers of the plurality of component carriers to avoid delays or failures in setting up the plurality of component carriers;
assigning all available component carriers towards the relay node by default to provide continuous resources to a backhaul link of the relay nodes; and
incrementally reducing a quantity of component carriers of the available component carriers based on a load level of the donor access node exceeding different thresholds.