Patent ID: 9681306
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for requesting a server to select a master management device by a management device for coexistence of television white space (TVWS) devices in a television white space (TVWS), the master management device being configured to perform determination associated with channel selection in the TVWS for the TVWS devices connected to slave management devices and the master management device and to control decision making for the slave management devices, the management device including a processor and a memory, the method comprising: comparing, by the management device, a load balance parameter of the management device to a reference value; based on a result of the comparing, determining, by the management device, whether or not a trigger condition of a process for selection of the master management device is satisfied, the trigger condition being based on the load balance parameter of the management device; determining, by the management device, the management device as a candidate slave management device and other management devices as a candidate master management device when the trigger condition is satisfied; and initiating, by the management device, the process for selection of the master management device.