Patent ID: 7961618

Claim:
A method for allocating bandwidth among a plurality of antennas in a distributed antenna system of a base transceiver station, comprising the acts of: determining a bandwidth allocation of a tangible transport between the base transceiver station and each of the plurality of antennas in the distributed antenna system which enable transmission and reception at the base transceiver station; monitoring a bandwidth demand of each of the plurality of antennas in the distributed antenna system; increasing the bandwidth allocation between the base transceiver station and at least one of the plurality of antennas in the distributed antenna system, if the bandwidth demand of the at least one of the plurality of antennas exceeds a first threshold; and decreasing the bandwidth allocation between the base transceiver station and another at least one of the plurality of antennas in the distributed antenna system, if the bandwidth demand of the another at least one of the plurality of antennas drops below a second threshold, wherein the first and second thresholds are based upon a rate at which the bandwidth demand of each of the plurality of antennas changes, a periodicity of changes in the bandwidth demand of each of the plurality of antennas, and a time period elapsed between increasing or decreasing the bandwidth allocation between the base transceiver station and at least one of the plurality of antennas and a stabilization of bandwidth demand at said at least one of the plurality of antennas.