Patent ID: 9526110
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of coordinating usage of wireless resources comprising: receiving a resource request by a first base station (BS) of a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) from one or more user devices; receiving at least one resource scheduling announcement from one or more other BSs, each resource scheduling announcement identifying resources scheduled by the one or more other BSs; selecting resources, from a group of resources shared by BSs of a plurality of different RATs, to be scheduled for the one or more requesting user devices by taking into account the resources scheduled by the one or more other BSs; scheduling, by the first BS, the selected resources for the one or more user devices; sending, from the first BS, a resource scheduling announcement identifying the scheduled resources to the one or more other BSs including at least a second BS of a second RAT; and sending a resource grant message to each of the one or more user devices.