	US 12,207,242 B2
	Method and node for determining channel assignment using an objective function
Virgil Cimpu, Ottawa (CA)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/254,096
Filed by TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Jun. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/054827 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 18, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/003031, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/691,321, filed on Jun. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0168804 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01)

CPC H04W 72/0453 (2013.01) [H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method in a controlling node, the method comprising:

determining a plurality of channel assignments using a function that is based at least on a factor, the factor including channel usability, contiguous spectrum allocation, spectrum allocation stability and user value, for a network node to use;

comparing the determined plurality of channel assignments to determine a channel assignment having the best value of the function; and

transmitting the channel assignment having the best value to the network node.