Patent ID: 9226193
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A dynamic spectrum arbitrage (DSA) method of managing an allocation, access, or use of a telecommunication resource, comprising: monitoring, in a processor of a first dynamic spectrum controller (DSC) of a first telecommunication network, a congestion state of an eNodeB in the first telecommunication network by receiving congestion state information from the eNodeB, the congestion state information identifying the eNodeB as being in one of a normal congestion state, a minor congestion state, a major congestion state, and a critical congestion state; determining that the congestion state of the eNodeB transitioned from the normal congestion state to the major congestion state; and controlling the use of the eNodeB based on the congestion state of the eNodeB by: communicating with a dynamic spectrum policy controller (DPC) to cause the DPC to instruct a second DSC in a second telecommunication network to restrict further handovers to the first telecommunication network, identify to the second DSC desired closed subscriber group identifiers (CSG ids) for which handovers should be restricted, and instruct the second DSC to instruct a home Mobility Management Entity (MME) component in the second telecommunication network to disable roaming for wireless devices associated with the CSG ids in response to determining that the congestion state of the eNodeB transitioned from the normal congestion state to the major congestion state; determining whether there is a non-congested target eNodeB in the first telecommunication network in response to determining that the congestion state of the eNodeB transitioned from the normal congestion state to the major congestion state; initiating a S1-based handover procedure for a wireless device to the target eNodeB in response to determining that the target eNodeB is non-congested; and instructing the eNodeB to initiate a quality of service (QoS) degradation procedure for the wireless device in response to determining that there is no non-congested target eNodeB in the first telecommunication network.