Patent ID: 11956641
Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. Apparatus comprising a spectrum-database server comprising a processor and communication hardware, wherein the processor is configured to control the spectrum-database server to:
receive, via the communication hardware, at least (i) first spectrum-allocation-related messages related to existing first spectrum allocations to first base stations associated with a first spectrum allocation system (SAS) and (ii) second spectrum-allocation-related messages related to existing second spectrum allocations to second base stations associated with a second SAS different from the first SAS;
maintain a spectrum-allocation database based on information in at least the first and second spectrum-allocation-related messages; and
make the spectrum-allocation database available to at least the first and second SASs via the communication hardware, wherein the spectrum-database server is configured to transmit (i) to the second SAS, information in the spectrum-allocation database about one or more of the existing first spectrum allocations and (ii) to the first SAS, information in the spectrum-allocation database about one or more of the existing second spectrum allocations, wherein the spectrum-database server is separate from the first SAS and the second SAS.