The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1999
Method for dynamic allocation of wireless base station dsp resources with integrated rate converters
Terry L. Williams, Melbourne Beach, FL (US);
Airnet Communications Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
A method for dynamically allocating signal processing resources in a wireless multichannel broadband base station (BBS) for a cellular communications network. The method includes the steps of determining a number of available channel processor (CP) resources which are unused among a set of RF processing chain (RFP) resources allocated to a communications cell. Each RFP processes a single frequency channel and contains a plurality of CPs. The plurality of CPs process at least one of a plurality of traffic channels contained on said frequency channel. In response to notification of a subscriber call to be processed by the BBS, a determination is made as to whether the number of available CP resources is at least one. If so, the call is assigned to the available CP resource. In addition, an apparatus for performing the method is disclosed.