Patent ID: 8279828

Claim:
One or more nontransitory computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of disabling tones within WiMAX signals prior to transmission by a first wireless communication service provider (“first wireless provider”) in order to eliminate interference at third-party receivers, the method comprising: identifying one or more signals to protect (“protected signals”) from interference caused by a base station associated with the first wireless provider, wherein the protected signals are to be received by a receiver associated with a second wireless communication service provider (“second wireless provider”); identifying one or more characteristics of the receiver; identifying one or more WiMAX signals transmitted by the base station, wherein the base station is located in a geographic region such that the one or more WiMAX signals transmitted by the base station can interfere with the one or more signals to be received by the receiver associated with the second wireless provider; determining an interference level between the receiver associated with the second wireless provider and the base station associated with the first wireless provider, based on the one or more protected signals, the one or more characteristics, and the one or more WiMAX signals; and providing a list of one or more tones within the one or more WiMAX signals that are to be disabled at the base station prior to transmitting the one or more WiMAX signals in order to eliminate the interference.