Frequency spectrum management device, electronic device, and method executed thereby

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10667139-B2
Application number	US-201716346545-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2017
Priority date	Jan 13, 2017
Publication date	May 26, 2020
Grant date	May 26, 2020

Abstract

A frequency spectrum management device includes a processing circuit and is configured so that: a first subsystem manages the frequency spectrum management device, an allocation coefficient between other subsystems and the first subsystem is determined on the basis of the distances from the first subsystem and the other subsystems to a main system, the allocation coefficient expresses the degree of interference of aggregated interference that the other subsystems and the first subsystem produce with respect to the main system; and a frequency spectrum resource is allocated to the first subsystem on the basis of the allocation coefficient. The use of the frequency spectrum management device, the electronic device, and the method executed thereby of the present disclosure increases the degree of rationality of frequency spectrum resource allocation for the subsystems.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A frequency spectrum management device, comprising a processing circuit configured to:
determine, with respect to a first secondary system managed by the frequency spectrum management device, according to distances from the first secondary system and an other secondary system to a primary system, a distribution coefficient between the other secondary system and the first secondary system, the distribution coefficient representing an interference degree of aggregation interference generated by the other secondary system and the first secondary system against the primary system; and
distribute a frequency spectrum resource for the first secondary system according to the distribution coefficient.

2. The frequency spectrum management device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to distribute non-overlapping frequency spectrum resources for the first secondary system and the other secondary system in a case that the distribution coefficient between the other secondary system and the first secondary system is greater than a specified threshold.

3. The frequency spectrum management device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to determine the distances from the first secondary system and the other secondary system to the primary system according to distances from the first secondary system and the other secondary system to a reference point.

4. The frequency spectrum management device according to claim 3 , wherein the processing circuit further comprises a transceiving unit,
the reference point comprises a first reference point corresponding to the first secondary system and a second reference point corresponding to the other secondary system, and
the transceiving unit is configured to receive first reference point information and second reference point information.

5. The frequency spectrum management device according to claim 4 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to:
determine a first interference degree according to distances from the first secondary system and the other secondary system to the first reference point;
determine a second interference degree according to distances from the first secondary system and the other secondary system to the second reference point; and
determine the distribution coefficient between the other secondary system and the first secondary system according to the first interference degree and the second interference degree.

6. The frequency spectrum management device according to claim 4 , wherein the first reference point and the second reference point are located within coverage of different primary systems.

7. The frequency spectrum management device according to claim 4 , wherein the transceiving unit is configured to receive the first reference point information from a geographic location database in a region where the frequency spectrum management device is located.

8. The frequency spectrum management device according to claim 4 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to determine the other secondary system according to geographic location information.

9. The frequency spectrum management device according to claim 4 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to determine a distribution coefficient between each of one or more other secondary systems and the first secondary system.

10. The frequency spectrum management device according to claim 1 , wherein the other secondary system comprises one or more secondary systems which cause interference to the primary system in a region where the frequency spectrum management device is located and which are managed by an other frequency spectrum management device except the frequency spectrum management device, and
the processing circuit further comprises a transceiving unit configured to receive a second reference point information from the other frequency spectrum management device except the frequency spectrum management device.

11. The frequency spectrum management device according to claim 1 , wherein the other secondary system comprises one or more secondary systems which cause interference to the primary system in a region where the frequency spectrum management device is located and which are managed by an other frequency spectrum management device except the frequency spectrum management device, and
the processing circuit further comprises a transceiving unit configured to receive the distribution coefficient between the other secondary system and the first secondary system from the other frequency spectrum management device.

12. The frequency spectrum management device according to claim 11 , wherein the transceiving unit is configured to transmit location information of the first secondary system to the other frequency spectrum management device.

13. The frequency spectrum management device according to claim 4 , wherein the transceiving unit is configured to receive the second reference point information from a geographic location database in a region where the frequency spectrum management device is located.

14. An electronic device for a secondary system, the electronic device comprising a processing circuit configured to:
receive frequency spectrum resource information from a frequency spectrum management device managing the secondary system; and
obtain a frequency spectrum resource according to the frequency spectrum resource information,
wherein the frequency spectrum resource is distributed by the frequency spectrum management device for the electronic device according to a distribution coefficient between the secondary system where the electronic device is located and an other secondary system, the distribution coefficient is determined according to distances from the secondary system where the electronic device is located and the other secondary system to a primary system, and the distribution coefficient represents an interference degree of aggregation interference generated by the secondary system where the electronic device is located and the other secondary system against the primary system.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to transmit location information of the electronic device to a geographic location database in a region where the electronic device is located.

16. A method performed by a frequency spectrum management device, comprising:
determining, with respect to a first secondary system managed by the frequency spectrum management device, according to distances from the first secondary system and an other secondary system to a primary system, a distribution coefficient between the other secondary system and the first secondary system, the distribution coefficient representing an interference degree of aggregation interference generated by the other secondary system and the first secondary system against the primary system; and
distributing a frequency spectrum resource for the first secondary system according to the distribution coefficient.

17. A method performed by an electronic device for a secondary system, comprising:
receiving frequency spectrum resource information from a frequency spectrum management device managing the secondary system; and
obtaining a frequency spectrum resource according to the frequency spectrum resource information,
wherein the frequency spectrum resource is distributed by the frequency spectrum management device for the electronic device according to a distribution coefficient between the secondary system where the electronic device is located and an other secon

Assignees

• Sony Corp
• Sun Chen
• Guo Xin

Inventors

• Sun Chen
• Guo Xin

Classifications

• H04L5/0062

  Avoidance of ingress interference, e.g. ham radio channels · CPC title

• H04W16/14

  Spectrum sharing arrangements {between different networks} · CPC title

• H04W16/10 Primary

  Dynamic resource partitioning · CPC title

• H04W28/16 Primary

  Central resource management; Negotiation of resources or communication parameters, e.g. negotiating bandwidth or QoS [Quality of Service] · CPC title