Patent ID: 9253686
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. One or more non-transitory computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method of assigning wireless-network technologies to base station radio-frequency (RF) channels, the method comprising: associating a first set of base stations to form a first cluster of base stations; assigning a specific wireless-network technology to each RF channel for each base station in the first cluster; for the each base station in the first cluster of base stations, a first step of determining total estimated demand for each wireless-network technology carried by the each base station; for the each base station in the first cluster of base stations, a second step of determining a wireless-network technology having the highest total estimated demand; a third step of reassigning to a first RF channel in the first cluster of base stations a wireless-network technology for which the majority of the base stations in the first cluster of base stations have the highest total estimated demand; a fourth step of subtracting 100% capacity from the total estimated demand of the wireless-network technology having the highest total estimated demand; and a fifth step of executing the first, second, third, and fourth steps by sequentially assigning a next wireless-network technology having the highest total estimated demand to a next subsequent RF channel for the remaining RF channels in the first cluster of base stations.