Patent ID: 9497769
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of allocating carriers in a wireless communication network, comprising: ranking a plurality of wireless devices in communication with an access node in a first ranking according to a required data rate of each wireless device; determining a carrier metric for each of a plurality of carriers of the access node according to the required data rate of each wireless device communicating over each carrier and an actual data rate for each wireless device communicating over each carrier; ranking each of the plurality of carriers in a second ranking according to the determined carrier metric of each of the plurality of carriers; selecting a first wireless device with a lowest required data rate from the first ranking; and determining a carrier from the second ranking for the selected wireless device based on the required data rate for the selected wireless device and the determined carrier metrics for the carriers from the second ranking, wherein a carrier from the second ranking that cannot meet the required data rate of the first wireless device is removed from the second ranking; and allocating a carrier from the second ranking to the selected first wireless device such that the allocated carrier comprises a highest ranking from among the carriers of the second ranking that also provides the required data rate of the selected first wireless device.