Patent ID: 11863996
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A base station (BS) comprising:
a transceiver configured to:
transmit a coexistence measurement report (CMR) to a shared spectrum manager (SSM), wherein the CMR includes plurality of information elements that indicate interference relationships between the BS and neighboring BSs;
receive a spectrum access grant (SAG) originating from the SSM, wherein the SAG includes a set of assignments for one or more basic allocation units (BAUs) for the BS, wherein each of the one or more BAUs is a time/frequency unit, wherein the set of assignments indicates that the BS is a secondary BS that can transmit in a period that is an offset from a start of the one or more BAUs after performing channel sensing for RF energy in a specified period in the one or more BAUs to determine that a transmission of the secondary BS in the one or more BAUs does not interfere with a transmission of a primary BS assigned to the one or more BAUs, and wherein the period is offset according to a predetermined offset; and

a processor operably connected to the transceiver, the processor configured to:
generate the CMR; and
identify transmission opportunities (TXOPs) for the BS to transmit data based on the set of assignments for the one or more BAUs.