Patent ID: 11863999
Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. A wireless network access node configured to provide wireless network access to one or more wireless user devices within a wireless access network via use of unlicensed frequency spectrum, the wireless network access node comprising:
a digital processor apparatus;
a wireless network interface in data communication with the digital processor apparatus; and
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium in data communication with the digital processor apparatus, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium including at least one computer program configured to, when executed on the digital processor apparatus, cause the wireless network access node to:
perform interference detection for at least one first frequency;
send data representative of a RAN (radio access network) configuration update to an AMF (access and mobility management function) in a 5G Core (5GC), the data representative of a RAN configuration update comprising data related to the interference detection;
based on the interference detection, select at least one second frequency; and
cause redirect of the one or more wireless user devices from use of the at least one first frequency to use of the at least one second frequency;
wherein:
the one or more wireless user devices are initially in at least one of an idle or inactive state; and
the at least one first frequency and the at least one second frequency are in the unlicensed frequency spectrum.