Patent ID: 8036701
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. For use in a wireless network, a dynamically reconfigurable base station node, comprising: a radio frequency (RF) monitor configured to monitor traffic associated with a plurality of wireless communication devices to determine at least one requested load having a corresponding air interface standard; a load manager configured to identify the air interface standard that corresponds to the at least one requested load and to modify load information of the at least one requested load to promote the processing of the requested load, wherein the load manager is further configured to change the resource allocation of the base station node in response to a change in demand created by the at least one requested load; and at least one signal processor coupled to the RF monitor, the at least one signal processor configured to be dynamically reconfigured to support the air interface standard corresponding to the requested load, and wherein the load manager is further configured to install the requested load into the dynamically reconfigurable base station upon the determination that the requested load is not currently installed in the dynamically reconfigurable base station, and wherein the dynamically reconfigurable base station further is configured to provide a new service based upon the installed requested load.