Patent ID: 8744466
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of managing a mobile network resource, comprising: sensing, by a first base transceiver station, a radio frequency environment to detect a signal broadcast by a second base transceiver station; preconfiguring the first base transceiver station to operate in accordance with absolute radio frequency channel numbers reserved in a network frequency planning process (reserved ARFCN) for use by the first base transceiver station; evaluating, by the first base transceiver station, the sensed radio frequency environment by determining which sensed signals are of interest; determining, by the first base transceiver station, a resource assignment based, at least in part, on the evaluated radio frequency environment and a prescribed rule, wherein the determining of the resource assignment comprises selecting at least one of the reserved ARFCNs to configure the first base transceiver station based, at least in part, on the evaluated radio frequency environment; and implementing, by the first base transceiver station, the resource assignment: wherein the first base transceiver station is a small scale base transceiver station, wherein an aggregation gateway aggregates traffic from a plurality of small scale base transceiver stations that communicate over an IP network to reach the aggregation gateway, and wherein the aggregation gateway sends the aggregated traffic from the plurality of small scale base transceiver stations to a base station controller.