PEER-TO-PEER CONTROL NETWORK FOR A WIRELESS RADIO ACCESS NETWORK

摘要

A spectrum manager and base station controller for a wireless radio access network allocates TV band white space to all TV band devices under its control using: an allocation policy; information pulled/pushed from a white space database, spectrum usage data supplied by a spectrum sensing engine, and information received from at least one other peer spectrum manager and base station controller for the wireless radio access network.

主权项

1. A method of operating a spectrum usage manager, comprising:
receiving geolocation information, spectrum occupancy information and white space database information; allocating white space spectrum to a base station and to a television (TV) band device associated with the base station; the white space spectrum being for an area encompassing the base station; the allocating in accordance with the received geolocation information, spectrum occupancy information and white space database information; the geolocation information being associated with at least one of the base station and the area encompassing the base station; the spectrum occupancy information indicating availability of the allocated white space spectrum.