Patent ID: 9078139
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for obtaining a measurement report, the method comprising: transmitting, from an apparatus including a coexistence manager (CM) to a coexistence enabler (CE), a measurement request message for obtaining a measurement report from one or more devices using television (TV) bands, wherein the measurement request message includes a measurement type field indicating what type of measurement is requested among plural types of measurements, wherein the plural types of measurements include a first type for a detection of a device using TV bands, and a second type for a channel load measurement, and wherein the measurement request message further includes a start frequency, an end frequency, one or more channel numbers, and a scheduled measurement time; receiving, by the apparatus from the CE, a first measurement confirmation message to confirm reception of the measurement request; receiving, by the apparatus from the CE, a measurement response message including the measurement report, after the scheduled measurement time, wherein the measurement report includes at least one of a result of the detection of the device using TV bands and a result of the channel load measurement; receiving, by the apparatus from the CE, a resource reconfiguration request message including information regarding a type of the device, registered geographical location, maximum power level, and channel load; and transmitting, from the apparatus to the CE, a resource reconfiguration response message including information on an allocated resource and maximum power level.