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

Claim 12:
13. A method for a spectrum-database server, the method comprising the spectrum-database server:
receiving 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;
maintaining a spectrum-allocation database based on information in at least the first and second spectrum-allocation-related messages; and
making the spectrum-allocation database available to at least the first and second SASs, wherein the spectrum-database server transmits (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.