Granted Patent B2

US 12,238,528 · App. 17/374,765 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Inventors: Seungil Park (Suwon-si, KR); Youngjoon Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Hyojin Lee (Suwon-si, KR)

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

H04W16/14H04W60/04H04W76/25

Abstract

Claims (58)

1. A method, performed by a network entity, of assigning a frequency channel, the method comprising:

receiving a frequency channel assignment request from a first device;

identifying a first device cluster in which the first device is includable from among at least one device cluster being operated by the network entity, wherein the first device cluster is generated based on a condition satisfied by the first device;

in case that the first device cluster is identified, updating the first device cluster to include the first device; and

assigning, to the first device, at least one frequency channel included in a frequency channel set assigned to the first device cluster including the first device,

wherein the first device cluster satisfies the condition and is a set of a plurality of devices, the plurality of devices to be sharing at least one frequency channel included in the frequency channel set,

wherein, in case that the first device cluster is not identified, generating a second device cluster including the first device,

wherein the first device is operated by a first network operator and a second device included in the first device cluster is operated by a second network operator, and

wherein the assigning of the at least one frequency channel to the first device comprises:

from among the at least one frequency channel included in the frequency channel set:

assigning a first frequency channel to the first device to be used as a primary user, and

assigning a second frequency channel to the first device to be used as a secondary user when utilization of the second frequency channel is less than a threshold utilization level.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of the plurality of devices is a set of a plurality of devices present in an area or a set of a plurality of a citizen broadband radio service (CBRS) devices (CBSDs) corresponding to a set of specific device identifications (IDs).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first device cluster in which the first device is includable comprises a device cluster generated based on the condition that is also satisfied by the first device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updating of the first device cluster comprises:

transmitting, to a frequency channel management entity, an update request for the first device cluster; and

receiving, from the frequency channel management entity, a response to the update request,

wherein the update request comprises update information about the first device cluster related to the first device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the second device cluster comprises:

transmitting, to a frequency channel management entity, a generation request of the second device cluster; and

receiving, from the frequency channel management entity, a response to the generation request of the second device cluster,

wherein the generation request comprises generation information about the second device cluster related to the first device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first frequency channel is a frequency channel assigned to the second device included in the device cluster to be used as a secondary user, and

the second frequency channel is a frequency channel assigned to the second device to be used as a primary user.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the first device, frequency sharing-related information for the at least one frequency channel; and

transmitting, to the second device included in the device cluster, the frequency sharing-related information for the at least one frequency channel.

8. A network entity for assigning a frequency channel, the network entity comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to:

receive a frequency channel assignment request from a first device;

identify a first device cluster in which the first device is includable from among at least one device cluster being operated by the network entity, wherein the first device cluster is generated based on a condition satisfied by the first device;

in case that the first device cluster is identified, update the first device cluster to include the first device; and

assign, to the first device, at least one frequency channel included in a frequency channel set assigned to the first device cluster including the first device,

wherein the first device cluster satisfies the condition and is a set of a plurality of devices, the plurality of devices to be sharing at least one frequency channel included in the frequency channel set,

wherein, in case that the first device cluster is not identified, generating a second device cluster including the first device,

wherein the first device is operated by a first network operator and a second device included in the first device cluster is operated by a second network operator, and

wherein the processor is further configured to:

from among the at least one frequency channel included in the frequency channel set:

assign a first frequency channel to the first device to be used as a primary user, and

assign a second frequency channel to the first device to be used as a secondary user when utilization of the second frequency channel is less than a threshold utilization level.

9. The network entity of claim 8 , wherein the set of the plurality of devices comprises a set of a plurality of devices present in an area or a set of a plurality of a citizen broadband radio service (CBRS) devices (CBSDs) corresponding to a set of specific device identifications (IDs).

10. The network entity of claim 8 , wherein the first device cluster in which the first device is includable comprises a device cluster generated based on the condition that is also satisfied by the first device.

11. The network entity of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

transmit, to a frequency channel management entity, an update request for the first device cluster; and

receive, from the frequency channel management entity, a response to the update request,

wherein the update request comprises update information about the first device cluster related to the first device.

12. The network entity of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

transmit, to a frequency channel management entity, a generation request of the second device cluster; and

receive, from the frequency channel management entity, a response to the generation request of the second device cluster,

wherein the generation request comprises generation information about the second device cluster related to the first device.

13. The network entity of claim 8 , wherein:

the first frequency channel is a frequency channel assigned to the second device included in the device cluster to be used as a secondary user, and

the second frequency channel is a frequency channel assigned to the second device to be used as a primary user.

14. The network entity of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive, from the first device, frequency sharing-related information for the at least one frequency channel; and

transmit, to a second device included in the device cluster, the frequency sharing-related information for the at least one frequency channel.

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