SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPPORTUNISTIC SPECTRUM-SHARING BY SPECTRUM AGILE RADIOS (SARA)

摘要

An apparatus (301. i), system (300) and method are provided for opportunistically sharing spectrum between and among Spectrum Agile Radio (SARA) devices (301.i), primary (3O2.i) and secondary devices (303.i). A primary device (3O2.i) is a licensed radio system operating in licensed bands. A secondary device (303. i) is any system/device operated in an unlicensed band. Each SARA device (301.i) maintains a Spectrum Opportunity Map (SOM) (200), which is populated by the SARAs (301.i) using the spectrum and by sharing SOMs (200) among SARAs (301.i). A SARA device (301/i) probes the medium for evidence of spectrum usage and may receive explicit information concerning spectrum usage from a primary (3O2.i) which it then records in its SOM (200) and may share its SOM (200) with other SARA devices (301.i).