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Beacons for tiered sharing of spectrum

  • US 10,154,485 B2
  • Filed: 09/18/2015
  • Issued: 12/11/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

  • generating, with a second tier wireless communication device of a network operating in a shared spectrum, a beacon that includes a short training field (STF), a long training field (LTF), and a beacon information field, the beacon information field including an enablement signal instructing other wireless communication devices of the second tier or a lower tier as to when communications are allowed over the shared spectrum by the other wireless communication devices; and

    transmitting, from the second tier wireless communication device of the network during a time slot of a sub-frame based on a predetermined schedule, the beacon including the enablement signal to instruct the other wireless communication devices of the second tier or the lower tier as to when communications are allowed over the shared spectrum by the other wireless communication devices; and

    coordinating, by the second tier wireless communication device of the network with the other wireless communication device of the second tier and the lower tier, communications over the shared spectrum using the transmitted beacon.

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