US 12,489,569 B2
Carrier configuration and monitoring of communication devices in a shared communication environment
Sridhar Bhaskaran, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to RAKUTEN SYMPHONY, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/799,170
Filed by Rakuten Symphony, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 4, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/039450
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/030130, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 8, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2024/0195543 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 5/001 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0048 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
grouping a plurality of first communication devices into a plurality of groups and associating each group in the plurality of groups with a second communication device in a wireless communication system;
configuring the second communication device for communication with one or more groups of first communication devices; and
transmitting, using the configured second communication device, one or more communications in the wireless communication system,
wherein the second communication device is configured for communication by receiving, from a first communication device among the plurality of first communication devices, a carrier configuration configured by the first communication device and receiving, from another first communication device among the plurality of first communication devices, another carrier configuration configured by the another first communication device,
wherein one or more first communication devices in the plurality of first communication devices is a host first communication device and another one or more first communication devices in the plurality of first communication devices is a shared resource operator first communication device,
wherein each host first communication device in the one or more first communication devices is grouped into one or more host groups in the plurality of groups, each shared resource operator first communication device in the another one or more first communication devices is grouped into one or more shared resource operator groups in the plurality of groups,
wherein the method further comprises:
detecting failure of the host first communication device; and
terminating communication with the failed host first communication device, where the communication is associated with a predetermined carrier controlled by the failed host first communication device,
wherein the configuring of the second communication device includes reconfiguring, based on the detection of the failure of the host first communication device, for communication with another one or more groups of first communication devices, and
wherein the method further comprises:
transmitting a call home command to the another one or more groups of first communication devices; and
receiving, in response to the call home command, one or more carrier configurations from the another one or more groups of first communication devices, the one or more carrier configurations being configured by the another one or more groups of first communication devices.