Patent ID: 9363812
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method operable by an access point for wireless communication service, the method comprising: receiving configuration parameters, from a core network entity, for the access point to operate as a base station using at least one non-white space (non-WS) bandwidth, the configuration parameters including a set of one or more bandwidths that may be used by the access point to facilitate the wireless communication service; determining whether the set of one or more bandwidths includes at least a first white space (WS) bandwidth for the access point to use WS for the wireless communication service; and in response to a determination that the set of one or more bandwidths includes at least the first WS bandwidth, transmitting a request to a WS database for requesting authorization information to operate in the WS using the first WS bandwidth, the request including the first white space bandwidth.