Patent ID: 8509788
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for a plurality of communication networks that include a plurality of network nodes which provide wireless services to at least one remote unit via an air interface, to dynamically share wireless resources comprising: determining that a first network node of the plurality of network nodes is using at least a portion of a wireless resource to provide network service to at least one remote unit; wirelessly sending, by a second network node of the plurality of network nodes to the first network node, a request for the first network node to relinquish use of at least a portion of the wireless resource, wherein the second network node uses at least a portion of the relinquished wireless resource to provide network service to at least one remote unit, wherein the second network node is under control of a different network operator than the first network node and wherein wirelessly sending the request for the first network node to relinquish use comprises sending, via an uplink portion of the wireless resource, the request for the first network node to relinquish use of at least a portion of the wireless resource in response to detecting that an overloaded condition is present at the second network node.