Base Station Controller Location Compliance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wireless service providers face challenges in preventing their base stations from operating outside licensed radio spectrum areas, risking interference with licensed entities and potential penalties.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that determine the location of a base station relative to other stations, setting parameters to either prevent or allow specific base station functions based on threshold distances to ensure compliance with licensed spectrum areas, using GPS receivers and controllers to manage these settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If base stations are deployed to expand coverage area, then service coverage is improved, but risk of operating outside licensed spectrum areas increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary location determination and compliance checking before the base station begins operation. The base station controller determines the geographic location of the base station and checks whether it falls within licensed spectrum areas, preventing illegal operation before interference can occur.
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes a feedback loop where the base station controller continuously monitors base station locations and compares them against licensed area databases. When a base station is found to be outside licensed areas, the system provides feedback by disabling the base station or adjusting its operating parameters to ensure compliance.
2Reliability
If base station location monitoring is implemented to ensure compliance, then spectrum license compliance is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a base station controller as an intermediary between the base station and the network management system. The controller handles the complex tasks of location determination, database querying, and compliance checking, while the base station itself remains relatively simple. This intermediary approach distributes complexity across multiple components rather than concentrating it in a single system.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Effectively prevents base stations from using unlicensed radio spectrum, reducing the risk of interference and penalties by ensuring operations stay within licensed geographical boundaries.
Implementation Method 1
determining a location of the base station
Data Source
AI summary
A method, system, and computer-readable medium for preventing or allowing a base station (BS) to perform a particular BS function are described. The BS and/or a base station controller (BSC) determine and compare a location of the BS to respective location(s) of one or more other BSs. The BS and/or BSC determine whether the BS location is at least a threshold distance respectively from each of one or more other BSs. If the BS location is at least a threshold distance respectively from each of one or more other BSs, the BS and/or BSC sets at least one parameter to prevent the BS from performing the particular BS function. If the BS location is less than the threshold distance respectively from at least one of the one or more other BSs, the BS and/or BSC sets at least one parameter to allow the BS to perform the particular BS function.