System, method and apparatus for an efficient information broadcast in a multi-carrier wireless network
View Patent ↗Embodiments of an apparatus, system and method are described for a base station. Notification from a mobile station in a network may be received. A multi-carrier advertisement with a base station multi-carrier configuration may be sent. The base station multi-carrier configuration may include at least one carrier index associated with a carrier frequency operated on by the base station. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
1. An article comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that when executed by a processor enable a system to:
receive a notification from a mobile station in a network;
provide the mobile station with a configuration version number;
send a multi-carrier advertisement with the configuration version number and a base station multi-carrier configuration which comprises at least one carrier index associated with a carrier frequency operated on by a base station, the multi-carrier advertisement sent without a network multi-carrier configuration when a broadcast flag is disabled;
enable the broadcast flag when a time period after sending the multi-carrier advertisement without the network multi-carrier configuration exceeds a threshold amount; and
send the multi-carrier advertisement with the network multi-carrier configuration when the broadcast flag is enabled.
2. The article of claim 1 , wherein the network multi-carrier configuration comprises configuration information for all carrier indexes in the network.
3. The article of claim 1 , comprising instructions that when executed provide the mobile station with the configuration version number through one or more of pre-provisioning, over the air provisioning and unicast operations.
4. The article of claim 1 , comprising instructions that when executed enable the base station to send a neighbor base station advertisement which includes the at least one carrier index operated on by the base station, wherein the at least one carrier index is defined by a global network configuration.
5. The article of claim 1 , wherein the at least one carrier index is defined by a global network configuration.
6. The article of claim 1 , wherein the network multi-carrier configuration comprises one or more carrier-specific parameters of a carrier frequency associated with each carrier index.
7. The article of claim 1 , wherein the network multi-carrier configuration comprises one or more of a bandwidth and a duplexing mode.
8. The article of claim 1 , wherein the base station multi-carrier configuration comprises one or more of a preamble index and a Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol.
9. The article of claim 1 , wherein the base station multi-carrier configuration comprises a base station identification.
10. A method comprising:
generating a plurality of multi-carrier advertisements by a base station for communication to a mobile station over a network;
sending a first multi-carrier advertisement with a base station multi-carrier configuration which comprises at least one carrier index when a broadcast flag is disabled, the first multi-carrier advertisement sent without a network multi-carrier configuration;
enabling the broadcast flag when a time period after sending the first multi-carrier advertisement without the network multi-carrier configuration exceeds a threshold amount; and
sending a second multi-carrier advertisement with the base station multi-carrier configuration and the network multi-carrier configuration when the broadcast flag is enabled, wherein the network multi-carrier configuration comprises configuration information for all carrier indexes in the network.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least one carrier index is associated with a carrier frequency used by the base station.
12. The method of claim 10 , comprising providing the mobile station with a multi-carrier configuration and a configuration version number through one or more of pre-provisioning, over the air provisioning and unicast operations.
13. The method of claim 10 , comprising sending a neighbor base station advertisement which includes the at least one carrier index, wherein the at least one carrier index is defined by a global network configuration.
14. A system, comprising:
a base station to:
receive a notification from a mobile station in a network,
send a multi-carrier advertisement with a base station multi-carrier configuration which comprises at least one carrier index associated with a carrier frequency operated on by the base station and the at least one carrier index is defined by a global network configuration, the multi-carrier advertisement sent without a network multi-carrier configuration when a broadcast flag is disabled;
enable the broadcast flag when a time period after sending the multi-carrier advertisement without the network multi-carrier configuration exceeds a threshold amount; and
send the multi-carrier advertisement with the network multi-carrier configuration when the broadcast flag is enabled.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the network multi-carrier configuration comprises configuration information for all carrier indexes in the network.
16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the base station is to provide the mobile station with a multi-carrier configuration and a configuration version number through one or more of pre-provisioning, over the air provisioning and unicast operations.
17. The system of claim 14 , wherein the base station comprises an input/output device connected to a digital display.