LOCATION BASED USE OF DEDICATED SHORT RANGE COMMUNICATIONS, DSRC, SPECTRUM

摘要

Using location information of a multi-mode device (135-e) to determine whether to use at least a portion of a dedicated short range communications (DSRC) spectrum. Current location information of a multi-mode device is determined (705, 715). The multi-mode device is operating outside of the DSRC spectrum. The current location information is used to determine (720) whether the multi-mode device is located outside of geographical region (e.g. comprising a predetermined distance to a road) attributed to DSRC transmissions. Upon determining that the multi-mode device is located outside of the geographical region, at least a portion of the DSRC spectrum is used for transmissions by the multi-mode device (730, 735).