DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH CONTROL OF CHANNELS FOR NETWORK OPERATIONS

摘要

The present invention is directed to a network component of a communication network, the network component comprising a determiner configured to determine a required number of logical channels and to determine whether a bandwidth of a communication channel used by the communication network should be changed based on the required number of logical channels; a controller configured to change the bandwidth of the communication channel if it has been determined that the bandwidth of the communication channel used by the communication network should be changed based on the required number of logical channels; and a transceiver configured to send to a communication device a signal indicating to the communication device to operate in the communication channel with the changed bandwidth if the bandwidth of the communication channel has been changed. A method of performing an operation of a communication network in a communication channel is also disclosed.