Patent ID: 8189523

Claim:
A method of managing radio resources of a radio communications network, comprising: upon receiving a new service request for a service to be provided, assessing whether there are radio resources of a first set adapted to and available for satisfying the new service request, and: in the affirmative case, exploiting the available radio resources of the first set for satisfying the new service request; in the negative case: calculating an amount of adapted radio resources of the first set to be set free for satisfying the new service request; assessing whether there is at least one first already-served service request that, at the time the new service request is received, is being served using the calculated amount of radio resources of the first set, and that can continue to be served by assigning thereto radio resources of a second set, different from the first set, not adapted to serving the new service request; in the affirmative case: calculating an amount of radio resources of the second set necessary for serving said at least one first already-served service request; assessing whether the calculated amount of radio resources of the second set is available; if the calculated amount of radio resources of the second set is available, re-assigning, to the at least one first already-served service request, the radio resources of the second set, and assigning, to the new service request, the radio resources of the first set previously assigned to the at least one first already-served service request; and in the negative case, refusing the new service request.