Patent ID: 7627324
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus to protect a first network from interference by a second network, the first network including at least one cell and at least one cell neighboring said at least one cell, the apparatus comprising: a scanner associated with the second network and configured to scan one or more cells of the first network for identifying information; and a controller configured to transmit a query based on the identifying information from said second network to the first network and to receive a response to the query, the query to request information associated with the at least one cell; a memory device associated with the second network and configured to store the identifying information provided in the response, wherein the response to the query, including at least one frequency allocated to the at least one cell, is stored in the memory device to prevent the allocated frequency from being used by the second network when the scanner is dysfunctional.