Base stations with coordinated multiple air-interface operations are
provided. In some embodiments, multi-mode base station (BTS) systems
operate with different air-interfaces, functionality, or configurations
in a coordinated manner. For example, typical applications of such
systems can include Macrocell BTS, Picocell BTS, Femtocell BTS, or Access
Point (AP), Set Top Box (STB), or Home Gateway, Hot Spot Devices, User
Terminal with the capability to perform required base station operations.
In some embodiments, various techniques are provided for system
improvements and optimizations via radio resource management, including
user and system throughput optimization, QoS improvement, interference
management, and various other improvements and optimizations. In some
embodiments, a system (e.g., a multi-mode device, such as a base station,
a repeater, and/or a terminal) includes a multi-mode communication unit,
in which the multi-mode communication unit allocates access for
communication using at least two modes; and a processor configured to
implement at least in part the multi-mode communications unit. In some
embodiments, the at least two modes include one or more of the following:
frequency band, protocol standard, duplexing format, broadcast mode
(e.g., television broadcast and/or a radio broadcast), and one-way
communication mode.