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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Robert Arnott, London, GB;
Tao Guo, Woking, GB;
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04W 72/06 (2009.01); H04W 88/10 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04W 72/06 (2013.01); H04W 72/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wireless telecommunication system is described comprising a shared base station able to divide resources between multiple network operators sharing the base station. The base station resources are divided into resource pools having their own set of sharing rules and associated scheduling method that may be configured independently for each resource pool. A number of techniques are described that may be used to ensure flexibility and fairness of access to the base station resources for the multiple network operators.