Intel Corporation

Hani H Elgebaly

Ahmed S Ibrahim

Esraa Makled

Ahmed M Darwish

Mohamed El-Refaey

Hazem Abdelmegeed

Mohamed Elrefaey

Mohamed H Shoeb

Markus Dominik Mueck

Kirk Smith

Ashraf H Badawi

Mohamed Yousef Soliman

Norhan M Osman

Disclosed systems and methods mitigate interference in heterogeneous networks. Embodiments include adaptive or selective inter-cell interference coordination, adaptive multi-user zero forcing, adaptive power, and/or combinations of the foregoing. Techniques may be used to favor one group of users (e.g., femto users or macro users) over another. Certain embodiments focus quality of service (QoS) improvements on a first group of users, while using constraint processes to provide a threshold QoS for a second group of users.

Systems and methods for interference mitigation in heterogeneous networks

This disclosure is directed to a cloud spectrum management system. In general, an example cloud spectrum management system may match requests from spectrum requestors seeking available radio spectrum with spectrum owners desiring to lease available radio spectrum to determine radio spectrum trade transactions. An example system may include a market communication module to communicate with a market place for trading a spectrum of radio frequencies for use in wireless communication, a core service s module to determine radio spectrum trade transactions based at least on the communications between the market communication module and the market, and a management utilities module configured to manage the radio spectrum trade transactions determined by the core services module.

Cloud spectrum management system

In one example embodiment, a mobile computing device provides assistance services for visitors at events which involve large crowds and long distances. The mobile computing device may be used to read a unique identifier for a visitor from an identification token for the visitor. The mobile computing device may then send visitor location data for the current location of the visitor to a remote command center. The mobile computing device may then receive leader location data from the remote command center. The leader location data may identify a last known location for a leader of a group of visitors that includes the visitor. After receiving the leader location data, the mobile computing device may compute directions from the current location of the visitor to the last known location of the leader, and the mobile computing device may display those directions on a map. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Methods and apparatus for providing assistance services for large crowds

This disclosure is directed to spectrum reclaiming in a leased spectrum system. A spectrum exchange coordinator (SEC) may be interposed between a spectrum owner and at least one operator to facilitate the leasing and reclaiming of spectrum. Upon occurrence of a trigger, the SEC may then determine a procedure for allowing the spectrum owner to reclaim the leased spectrum. The spectrum owner may be allowed to reclaim the leased spectrum in full based on an agreement. If not previously agreed to, the spectrum owner may be allowed to reclaim at least part of the spectrum. These operations may include a dual risk evaluation to determine how reclaiming the leased spectrum will affect quality of service (QoS). Partial or gradual reclaiming may then allow the leased spectrum to be reclaimed while minimizing impact. Examples of gradual reclaiming may be based on a time domain, frequency domain, or cellular basis.

Spectrum reclaiming in a leased spectrum system

Systems, methods, and apparatuses are directed to coordination of spectrum usage rights among entities. In one embodiment, logic may be configured to receive, from a first entity, spectrum information relating to a first frequency range available for allocation, and store the spectrum information in a database. The logic may also be configured to receive a request for allocation of at least one frequency range to a second entity, and query the database for at least one frequency range available for allocation to the second entity based on the allocation request. The logic may further be configured to determine that the first frequency range is available to satisfy the allocation request based on the query and the storage of the spectrum information, and allocate the first frequency range to the second entity based on the determination that the first frequency range is available to satisfy the allocation request.

Coordination of spectrum usage rights among entities

Radio spectrum trading involves determining available radio spectrum and requestors desiring to lease portions of the available radio spectrum, and for allocating the available spectrum to the requestors. A pricing curve may be set based on historical information and/or requests to lease spectrum. A determination may then be made as to whether an amount of available spectrum is less than or greater than an amount spectrum being requested. If it is determined that the amount of available spectrum is less than the amount of spectrum being requested, then an auction may be conducted for the available spectrum with the initial bid being set based on the pricing curve. If the amount of available spectrum is greater than the amount of spectrum being requested, then the requests may be sorted based on predicted revenue generation and the available spectrum may be allocated in order from highest to lowest revenue generated.

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Cairo, Egypt

Hani H Elgebaly