Patent ID: 8184730
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for selecting a frequency band to carry a data communication associated with a new data-communication request, the frequency band being one of a plurality of forward-link frequency bands controlled by a controller, the method comprising: the controller executing computer-readable program instructions arranged as a timer to measure a measurement time period; the controller counting how many data channels are carried in each forward-link frequency band of the plurality of forward-link frequency bands during the measurement time period; the controller determining from among the plurality of forward-link frequency bands a particular forward-link frequency band that carried a fewest number of data channels during the measurement time period; and the controller receiving a new data-communication request and responsively allocating the particular frequency band that carried the fewest number of data channels during the measurement time period to carry a data communication associated with the new data-communication request.