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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
May. 23, 2003
Ryan Talley, Olathe, KS (US);
Bret D. Vondemkamp, Overland Park, KS (US);
Scott D. Boxberger, Overland Park, KS (US);
Ryan Talley, Olathe, KS (US);
Bret D. Vondemkamp, Overland Park, KS (US);
Scott D. Boxberger, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Channel elements at a cell site in wireless network are managed by reserving a portion of the channel elements for handling certain types of calls for which the reserved channel elements are capable of handling. At least some of the non-reserved channel elements will typically lack the capabilities of the reserved channel elements, due to there being previous generation or older technology. For example, in a cell cite having both 3G and 2G channel elements, a percentage of the 3G channel elements, such as 15 percent, are reserved for certain types of calls, such as 3G data call origination and 3G voice hand-ins. These are types of calls that the 2G channel elements do not support. The remaining 3G channel elements are not reserved. If the non-reserved channel elements are fully utilized, the reserved channel elements may, or may not, be released for general usage so as to prevent a blocking of calls, depending on quality of service considerations for the site. The reservation of channel elements can be via a configuration parameter issued from a central management entity to base station controllers, on either a system-wide basis, or on a targeted basis to particular base station controllers.