Patent ID: 9025536
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing communication services, comprising: receiving, at a first base station and on a licensed frequency, a communication request for network access from a wireless access terminal; determining at least one available unlicensed frequency corresponding to a location of the wireless access terminal, wherein the determining is based on unlicensed frequency spectrum information for a geographic region, and wherein the determining includes determining, from the unlicensed frequency spectrum information, a second base station that corresponds to the location and operates on the at least one available unlicensed frequency, wherein the second base station is different from or co-located with the first base station; partitioning at least a portion of the network access for the wireless access terminal to be via the at least one available unlicensed frequency; and informing the wireless access terminal of the at least one available unlicensed frequency for use to obtain at least the portion of the network access from the second base station and how to contact the second base station.