Electronic device and method for wireless communication and computer readable storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11284269-B2
Application number	US-201916652681-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 8, 2019
Priority date	Jan 12, 2018
Publication date	Mar 22, 2022
Grant date	Mar 22, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an electronic device and a method for wireless communication and a computer readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises: a processing circuit, configured to: allocate a spectrum resource for a spectrum allocation object of a first set managed by a first level spectrum management device; and to generate spectrum coordination information for a spectrum allocation object of a second set managed by a second level spectrum management device located on a lower level of the first level spectrum management device, so as to provide the same to the second level spectrum management device, wherein the spectrum coordinate information is used for coordination of spectrum allocation executed by the second level spectrum management device and spectrum allocation executed by the first level spectrum management device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
processing circuitry, configured to:
with respect to a first set of spectrum allocation objects managed by a first level spectrum manager, allocate spectrum resources; and
with respect to a second set of spectrum allocation objects managed by a second level spectrum manager at a lower level of the first level spectrum manager, generate spectrum coordination information to be provided to the second level spectrum manager, wherein the spectrum coordination information is used for coordination between spectrum allocation performed by the second level spectrum manager and spectrum allocation performed by the first level spectrum manager, wherein
the spectrum coordination information comprises constraint on a spectrum allocation rule for the second set of spectrum allocation objects, and
the constraint on the spectrum allocation rule comprises one or more of the following: specifying an investigating order of the spectrum allocation objects and specifying an investigating order of unit spectrum resources to be allocated; and specifying a characteristic set of the spectrum allocation objects and a spectrum allocation result for the spectrum allocation objects of the characteristic set.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the spectrum coordination information further comprises one or more of the following: spectrum utilization constraint for the second set of spectrum allocation objects; information of the spectrum allocation objects within the second set and mutual interference relationship between them.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the spectrum utilization constraint comprises one or more of the following: a total emission power of the spectrum allocation objects within a particular geographical region does not exceed a predetermined power; the number of spectrum allocation objects emitting simultaneously within the particular geographical region does not exceed a predetermined value; a total emission power of the spectrum allocation objects on a particular frequency does not exceed a predetermined power; the number of spectrum allocation objects emitting simultaneously on a particular frequency does not exceed a predetermined value; a total emission power of the spectrum allocation objects within a particular geographical region on a particular frequency does not exceed a predetermined power; the number of spectrum allocation objects emitting simultaneously within the particular geographical region on a particular frequency does not exceed a predetermined value; a power received at a predetermined reference point from the spectrum allocation objects does not exceed a predetermined power; and a power received at a predetermined reference point on a particular frequency from the spectrum allocation objects does not exceed a predetermined power.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to represent the information in a form of an abstract model based on graph theory, or represent the information in a form of a generation method of an abstract model based on graph theory.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein in a case that the information is represented in a form of a generation method of an abstract model based on graph theory, the information comprises: a mapping relationship between a vertex in a graph and a spectrum allocation object, and a generation condition for an edge in the graph.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the generation condition for the edge comprises one of: calculated signal coverages for spectrum allocation objects corresponding to the vertexes overlap with each other there are interferences between spectrum allocation objects corresponding to the vertexes by calculation based on a channel model; and there are interferences between spectrum allocation objects corresponding to the vertexes by measurement.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to provide the spectrum coordination information of the first level spectrum manager to another first level spectrum manager,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to provide updated spectrum coordination information in response to a coordination information updating request from the other first level spectrum manager.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to acquire, from the other first level spectrum manager, update acknowledgement for the spectrum coordination information.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein in a case of spectrum utilization conflict occurring, the processing circuitry is further configured to generate a conflict resolution request to be provided to the other first level spectrum manager which is to handle the conflict,
wherein the conflict resolution request comprises information of a victim spectrum allocation object.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to acquire, from the other first level spectrum manager, a handling result of the conflict.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to generate a coordination information adjusting request, to be provided to the other first level spectrum manager which is to process the request,
wherein the coordination information adjusting request comprises an adjusting target for the spectrum coordination information of the other first level spectrum manager.

12. An electronic apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
processing circuitry, configured to:
acquire spectrum coordination information for a second set of spectrum allocation objects managed by a second level spectrum manager, wherein the spectrum coordination information is used for coordination between spectrum allocation performed by the second level spectrum manager and spectrum allocation performed by a first level spectrum manager at an upper level of the second level spectrum manager; and
perform, at least based on the spectrum coordination information, spectrum allocation for the spectrum allocation objects in the second set, wherein
the spectrum coordination information comprises constraint on a spectrum allocation rule for the second set of spectrum allocation objects, and
the constraint on the spectrum allocation rule comprises one or more of the following: specifying an investigating order of the spectrum allocation objects and specifying an investigating order of unit spectrum resources to be allocated; and specifying a characteristic set of the spectrum allocation objects and a spectrum allocation result for the spectrum allocation objects of the characteristic set.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to perform the spectrum allocation based on a local transmission environment and measurement results.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the spectrum coordination information further comprises one or more of the following: a spectrum utilization constraint for the second set of spectrum allocation objects; and information of the spectrum allocation objects in the second set and mutual interference relationship between them.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to generate a conflict resolution request in a case of a

Assignees

• Sony Corp
• Guo Xin

Inventors

• Guo Xin
• Sun Chen

Classifications

• H04W16/14 Primary

  Spectrum sharing arrangements {between different networks} · CPC title

• H04W52/30

  using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power · CPC title

• H04W52/367 Primary

  Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range · CPC title

• H04W52/283

  Power depending on the position of the mobile · CPC title

• H04W16/32

  Hierarchical cell structures · CPC title