Patent ID: 8095164
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: at a two-way communications service station configured to communicate in a shared radio frequency band, periodically tuning the two-way communications service station to frequency channels in the shared radio frequency band being used by a broadcast service station, wherein the two-way communications service station has a maximum transmitter power in order to maintain a required minimum signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio of broadcast station receivers so as to avoid interference to the broadcast station receivers due to emissions from the two-way communication service station in the frequency channels used by the broadcast service station in the shared radio frequency band; detecting whether a power level of a broadcast signal from the broadcast service station in the shared radio frequency band is above a predetermined power level; and raising the maximum transmitter power limit for the two-way communications service station to a higher power level if the power level of the detected broadcast signal is above the predetermined power level.