Patent ID: 9363850
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method in a communication system comprising a plurality of digital units and a radio unit serving a cell, the method for allocating an amount of baseband resource in one of the plurality of digital units to the radio unit comprising: estimating the amount of the baseband resource to be allocated to the radio unit; identifying a digital unit of the plurality of digital units on which a neighbor radio unit, serving a neighbor cell situated in a geographical vicinity of the cell, is allocated baseband resource, wherein the plurality of digital units comprise a baseband pool of digital units that is configured to serve a plurality of cells including the cell and the neighbor cell; determining that the digital unit of the plurality of digital units on which a neighbor radio unit is allocated baseband resource has available baseband resource of the estimated amount; allocating the estimated amount of baseband resource in the digital unit of the plurality of digital units on which a neighbor radio unit is allocated baseband resource to the radio unit serving the cell if it is determined that the digital unit has available baseband resource of the estimated amount; and reallocating the allocated baseband resources in any of the plurality of digital units, wherein reallocating comprises: