摘要 |
A frequency spectrum manager is connected to a wireless communications system and provides real time management of radio spectrum. The wireless communications system comprises a plurality of base stations connected to a central office, with each of the radio base stations configured to communicate with mobile end units using a portion of the radio spectrum. The central office stores spectrum usage information for each of the base stations. The frequency spectrum manager receives the spectrum usage information from the central office, analyzes the information, and instructs the central office to reconfigure the radio base stations based on the spectrum usage information. The frequency spectrum manager can be used to manage the spectrum for a single wireless communications service (e.g. analog cellular telephone), or may be connected to the central offices of multiple services (e.g. analog cellular telephone, digital cellular telephone, cellular digital packet data) to manage the spectrum across the multiple services. |