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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
May. 18, 2005
Applicants:
Bret D. Vondemkamp, Shawnee, KS (US);
Anand K. Sundaram, Overland Park, KS (US);
Inventors:
Bret D. Vondemkamp, Shawnee, KS (US);
Anand K. Sundaram, Overland Park, KS (US);
Assignee:
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for dynamically varying the number of air interface access channels in a wireless coverage area, based on actual access channel occupancy in the coverage area. A cellular base station monitors actual access channel occupancy in the coverage area. When the base station detects a threshold level of actual access channel occupancy for a threshold time period, the base station automatically changes the number of access channels available for use by mobile stations operating in the coverage area.