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- Patent Title: Coordinated spectrum allocation and de-allocation to minimize spectrum fragmentation in a cognitive radio network
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Application No.: US14361904Application Date: 2011-12-02
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Publication No.: US10070444B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Christian Markwart , Ruediger Halfmann
- Applicant: Christian Markwart , Ruediger Halfmann
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
- Current Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- Agency: Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
- International Application: PCT/EP2011/071678 WO 20111202
- International Announcement: WO2013/079122 WO 20130606
- Main IPC: H04W72/00
- IPC: H04W72/00 ; H04W72/04

Abstract:
An apparatus and a method are described, by which a fragmentation probability is determined which indicates a probability of fragmentation of frequency resources in at least one network section for at least one network operating entity. Moreover, an apparatus and a method are described, by which frequency resources in at least one network section are allocated and/or de-allocated, priorities of frequency resources are defined for at least one network operating entity individually, and allocating and/or de-allocating of the frequency resources for the at least one network operating entity is performed based on the priorities. For allocating and/or de-allocating of the frequency resources, also the fragmentation probability may be taken into account.
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