Communication system

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A base station for sharing a plurality of resources of a communication bandwidth between a plurality of network operators, the base station comprising:
at least one non-transitory computer readable medium; at least one processor configured to: define: (a) a first proportion of said resources of said communication bandwidth, said first proportion representing a first virtual pool of resources; (b) a second proportion of said resources of said communication bandwidth, said second proportion representing a second virtual pool of resources; (c) for said first virtual resource pool: a respective first pool proportion, for each of the plurality of network operators, representing a reserved proportion of the resources of the first virtual pool to be allocated for a set of one or more communication bearers for the respective network operator; and (d) for said second virtual resource pool: a respective second pool proportion, for each of the plurality of network operators, representing a reserved proportion of the resources of the second virtual pool to be allocated for the set of one or more communication bearers for the respective network operator; prioritize allocation of resources to the respective set of one or more communication bearers for each of the plurality of network operators in dependence on an analysis based on the pool proportion of the respective network operator in at least one of said first and second virtual resource pools; and allocate resources, in a current scheduling round, to the communication bearers of each of the plurality of network operators in dependence on a scheduling priority attributed to the communication bearers of the respective network operator.