Patent ID: 8194700
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of resource sharing between a plurality of communication networks each having a nominal resource allocation of a shared air interface resource and a resource exchange allowance, the method comprising: initiating, by a sharing instigation processor, a temporary resource allocation of a first air interface resource from a nominal resource allocation of a first network; executing a plurality of offer rounds including offer requests to a first plurality of networks, each offer round comprising determining offer values for the first air interface resource; selecting, by a selection processor, a second network from the first plurality of networks in response to the determined offer values; sending, by a transceiver, a resource allocation message to the second network, the resource allocation message indicating a temporary allocation of at least part of the first air interface resource from the nominal resource allocation of the first network to the second network; and reducing, by a resource exchange allowance processor, the resource exchange allowance of the second network by a value determined in response to a resource exchange offer value from the second network; and wherein each offer round comprises: