Anchor Node Wireless Service Harmonization

The patent introduces an anchor node as an intermediary between mmW base stations and mobile devices. The anchor node receives service requests from mobile devices, determines appropriate transmission parameters, and coordinates resource assignments across multiple base stations. This mediator enables seamless coordination between mmW and non-mmW base stations, allowing high-speed mmW communication to be combined with broader coverage from other base station types, thereby resolving the contradiction between communication speed and coverage area.

The patent implements dynamic resource assignment and handover coordination through the anchor node. The system dynamically determines transmission parameters based on real-time conditions, including whether to assign mmW base stations for downlink channels and non-mmW base stations for uplink channels. This dynamic adaptation allows the network to optimize for high capacity when conditions permit while maintaining reliability by switching to more robust non-mmW connections when propagation conditions are poor, thus resolving the contradiction between network capacity and service reliability.

The anchor node is designed as a universal coordination entity that handles multiple functions: receiving service requests from mobile devices, determining transmission parameters, coordinating resource assignments across different base station types, and managing handovers. By consolidating these diverse coordination functions into a single multi-functional anchor node, the system achieves enhanced spectrum utilization through flexible uplink/downlink assignment while avoiding the complexity that would arise from distributing these coordination functions across multiple separate components.