Patent ID: 7054644

Claim:
A system for preventing interference to a first network including a first cell and at least one cell neighboring the first cell by a second network, the system comprising: a scanner to scan the first network to identify information associated with the at least one neighboring cell; a network switching device associated with the first network in communication with the scanner; wherein the network switching device is to receive a query from said second network, the query to request information about the at least one neighboring cell, to receive information including a frequency allocated to the at least one neighboring cell and to transmit the information to the scanner; a controller to communicate with the scanner; and a memory device coupled to the controller having a table stored therein, wherein the table includes frequencies stored therein that are allocated for use by the at least one neighboring cell; wherein, the controller is to retrieve the allocated frequencies stored in the table and to bar the allocated frequencies from being used by the second network.