Implementing third generation partnership project protocols that combine use of international mobile telecommunication bands and non-international mobile telecommunication bands of licensed wireless communication spectrum
First Claim
1. A system to implement dynamic spectrum access, comprising:
- an external communication interface that includes at least one antenna and is configured to receive (1) a request for available spectrum in a geographic region, the request indicating an ability of a requestor to aggregate frequency use across a plurality of frequency bands including International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) bands and non-IMT bands, and (2) an indication of available spectrum in the geographic region, the indication including one or more frequency bands for the available spectrum; and
a processor that is programmed toconclude a spectrum availability transaction to provide a portion of the available spectrum to the requestor according to the ability of the requestor to aggregate frequency use across the plurality of frequency bands; and
communicate to the requestor information regarding access to the provided portion of the available spectrum;
the requestor employing the portion of the available spectrum to conduct at least one of wireless voice and data communications, including conducting signaling between various entities to aggregate the frequency use across the plurality of frequency bands including the IMT bands and non-IMT bands.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided to facilitate signaling between base stations controlled by alternate spectrum holders (ASH'"'"'s) and individual multi-mode devices (MMD'"'"'s) operating in communication with those base stations to indicate an ability to a global spectrum marketplace of an ability of the base stations and/or the individual MMD'"'"'s to support communication in both International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) and non-IMT bands is support of a dynamic spectrum allocation scheme. The disclosed systems and methods may be based on a modification of the 3rd Generation Partnership Protocol (3GPP®) Long Term Evolution (LTE®) standard so that non-IMT licensed spectrum can be included in LTE® or LTE-Advanced® multi-band carrier aggregation.
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1. A system to implement dynamic spectrum access, comprising:
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an external communication interface that includes at least one antenna and is configured to receive (1) a request for available spectrum in a geographic region, the request indicating an ability of a requestor to aggregate frequency use across a plurality of frequency bands including International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) bands and non-IMT bands, and (2) an indication of available spectrum in the geographic region, the indication including one or more frequency bands for the available spectrum; and a processor that is programmed to conclude a spectrum availability transaction to provide a portion of the available spectrum to the requestor according to the ability of the requestor to aggregate frequency use across the plurality of frequency bands; and communicate to the requestor information regarding access to the provided portion of the available spectrum; the requestor employing the portion of the available spectrum to conduct at least one of wireless voice and data communications, including conducting signaling between various entities to aggregate the frequency use across the plurality of frequency bands including the IMT bands and non-IMT bands. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method to implement dynamic spectrum access, comprising:
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receiving a request for available spectrum in a geographic region, the request indicating an ability of a requestor to aggregate frequency use across a plurality of frequency bands including IMT bands and non-IMT bands; receiving an indication of available spectrum in the geographic region, the indication including one or more frequency bands for the available spectrum; concluding a spectrum availability transaction to provide a portion of the available spectrum to the requestor according to the ability of the requestor to aggregate frequency use across the plurality of frequency bands; and employing, by the requestor, the portion of the available spectrum to conduct at least one of wireless voice and data communications, including conducting signaling between various entities to aggregate the frequency use across the plurality of frequency bands including the IMT bands and non-IMT bands, the receiving of the request for the available spectrum, the receiving of the indication of the available spectrum and the concluding of the spectrum availability transaction being undertaken by a processor. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to execute a method to implement dynamic spectrum access, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for available spectrum in a geographic region, the request indicating an ability of a requestor to aggregate frequency use across a plurality of frequency bands including IMT bands and non-IMT bands; receiving an indication of available spectrum in the geographic region, the indication including one or more frequency bands for the available spectrum; and concluding a spectrum availability transaction to provide a portion of the available spectrum to the requestor according to the indicated ability of the requestor to aggregate frequency use across the plurality of frequency bands, the portion of the available spectrum being employed by the requestor to conduct at least one of wireless voice and data communications, including conducting signaling between various entities to aggregate the frequency use across the plurality of frequency bands including the IMT bands and non-IMT bands, and the requestor being one of a multi-mode wireless device or a base station associated with a wireless network operator representing a plurality of multi-mode wireless devices. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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