Patent ID: 9066214
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for allocating bandwidth, the method comprising: allocating to a wireless device a fundamental carrier channel for communication on a wireless wide area network (WWAN), wherein the fundamental carrier channel provides a first data rate for communication between the wireless device and an access point of the WWAN; determining that the wireless device and the access point should communicate at a second data rate, wherein the second data rate is higher than the first data rate; and allocating the wireless device an additional amount of bandwidth so as to enable communications between the wireless device and the access point at the second data rate, wherein the fundamental carrier channel is in a first frequency range and the additional amount of bandwidth is in a second frequency range separate from the first frequency range such that the additional amount of bandwidth is not adjacent to the fundamental carrier channel, and wherein the additional amount of bandwidth has a frequency bandwidth that is at least twice that of the fundamental carrier channel.