Patent ID: 9609568
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method performed by one or more processors configured with specific instructions, the method comprising: receiving, by a base station, a request to select an operating channel for a computing device; determining, by the base station, a bandwidth associated with a backhaul that carries communications between the base station and a network; performing, by the base station, a scan of at least a portion of an unlicensed spectrum; selecting, by the base station, a band in the unlicensed spectrum based at least partly on the scan; determining, by the base station, a set of channel widths, wherein individual channel widths of the set of channel widths correspond to individual channels of a set of channels in the band; and selecting, by the base station, the operating channel from the set of channels in the band based at least partly on a channel width of the operating channel, wherein the channel width of the operating channel supports the bandwidth associated with the backhaul.