Patent ID: 9622152
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method by a device for facilitating connection to a wireless hotspot having an associated coverage area, comprising: obtaining local Cognitive Pilot Channel (CPC) information relating to the hotspot; and transmitting the local CPC information in an area corresponding to the coverage area of the hotspot, wherein the coverage area of the hotspot is at least in part within a coverage area of an outband broadcast CPC transmitter, the coverage area of the outband broadcast CPC transmitter being divided into a number of area elements (AE the method further comprising: obtaining area element location information from the CPC information comprising a location information field for each specific area element, wherein the area element location information comprises a global positioning system (GPS) coordinate; identifying at least one area element that has a distance to the hotspot greater than a threshold value, wherein the local CPC information is transmitted using outband broadcast CPC radio resources allocated for the at least one area element.