Patent ID: 8937872
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: H04H,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A peer-to-peer control network for a wireless radio access network, comprising: a peer television (TV) band sensing engine that collects TV band spectrum occupancy information; a peer geolocation engine that collects device location information from base stations and TV band devices in the wireless radio access network, regarding locations of the TV band devices; and a peer spectrum manager and base station controller having a communications link to a white space database server, and a processor that processes spectrum occupancy information received from the peer TV band sensing engine, the peer geolocation engine, and the white space database server, the peer spectrum manager allocating white space spectrum to at least one base station and TV band devices associated with the at least one base station based on white space spectrum available within a given area encompassing the at least one base station and the TV band devices located at a location indicated by the device location information received from the peer geolocation engine, and the available white space spectrum being received from the white space database server.