Patent ID: 8064475

Claim:
A base station device comprising: an interface coupled to a network to communicate with a remote central controller device; a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate wirelessly with one or more portable devices via a local area network; a processor coupled to the interface and to the wireless transceiver, the processor configured to execute instructions to: send an authorization request to the remote central controller device requesting to communicate wirelessly with the one or more portable devices via the local area network; receive from the remote central controller device an authorization to communicate wirelessly with the one or more portable devices via the local area network; selectively activate the wireless transceiver after receiving the authorization; and turn off the wireless transceiver in response to receiving a shut down signal from the remote central controller device; and a sensing module to determine a location of the base station device relative to an ultra-high frequency whitespace, wherein the processor communicates data related to the location to the remote central controller device to request the authorization.