公开(公告)号：US10771992B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-08

申请号：US16122543

申请日：2018-09-05

Applicant: AIRSPAN NETWORKS INC.

Inventor： Kevin Andrew Terry ,  Anthony Edward Putman ,  Alan Carter

IPC: H04W24/08 ,  H04W48/20 ,  H04W88/04 ,  H04W84/04 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: There is provided a node that includes radio circuitry that wirelessly connects to other devices in a wireless network using either a first radio configuration or a second radio configuration. Scan circuitry determines a first measurement related to using the radio circuitry to connect to an analysed device in the other devices in the first radio configuration and a second measurement related to using the radio circuitry to connect to the analysed device in the second radio configuration. Metric calculation circuitry calculates, for each device in the other devices, a metric, wherein each metric is calculated by applying a first weighting greater than zero to the first measurement obtained for that device and a second weighting greater than zero to the second measurement obtained for that device. Selection circuitry adapted to select one of the other devices in dependence on the metric calculated for each of the other devices.

公开(公告)号：US10476724B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-12

申请号：US16026257

申请日：2018-07-03

Applicant: AIRSPAN NETWORKS INC.

Inventor： Krzysztof Dudzinski ,  Martin Lysejko ,  Alan Carter

IPC: H04L27/28 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04B7/08 ,  H04W36/30 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04B17/336 ,  H04B17/345

Abstract: There is provided a node for operating in a wireless network, including: coarse-granularity scanning circuitry that performs a coarse-granularity scanning process to detect one or more donor nodes of the wireless network according to a first metric. Connection circuitry forms a connection to a selected donor node in the one or more donor nodes. The connection is broken as a consequence of the coarse-granularity scanning process being performed. Fine granularity scanning circuitry performs a fine granularity scanning process to determine a configuration in which a quality of the connection is improved according to a second metric. The connection is maintained during the fine granularity scanning process.

公开(公告)号：US10911303B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-02

申请号：US15655035

申请日：2017-07-20

Applicant: Airspan Networks Inc.

Inventor： Anthony Edward Putman ,  Alan Carter ,  Robert John Hunter

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04W88/04 ,  H04W24/02

Abstract: An apparatus, method of operating the apparatus, and system comprising the apparatus are provided. The apparatus has a backhaul sub-node to provide a backhaul connection to a communications network and an access sub-node to provide an access cell to which user equipment can connect. In response to a configuration trigger a configuration procedure is performed, in which the backhaul sub-node gathers information about the network environment and transmits at least a portion of the information about the network environment to a network management node. The the network management node then generates an access sub-node configuration which it transmits to the access sub-node, where the configuration is dependent on the information about the network environment transmitted to the network management node by the backhaul sub-node. The backhaul sub-node's greater ability to gather information about the network environment thus supports an improved configuration for the access sub-node, without technical input from the user being required.