Patent ID: 9264980
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, if executed, result in: allocating a first bandwidth for operation with a first set of remote devices; allocating a first resource block within a first edge region of the first bandwidth; allocating a first bandwidth segment outside of the first bandwidth for operation with a second set of remote devices; pairing the first resource block within the first edge of the first bandwidth with a first resource block of the first bandwidth segment outside the first bandwidth; allocating a second resource block within a second edge region of the first bandwidth; and pairing the second resource block within the second edge of the first bandwidth with a second resource block of a second bandwidth segment outside the first bandwidth; wherein remote devices of the first set operate within the first bandwidth, and remote devices of the second set are capable of operating within the first bandwidth and within the bandwidth segments outside of the first bandwidth, and wherein the at least one or more bandwidth segments have a bandwidth that is equal to or nearly equal to a difference between a total available bandwidth and the first bandwidth.