Allocation of communications frequency spectrum
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1. A method of monitoring frequency availability for a telecommunications network includes:
- establishing details of frequency spectrum usage in a database, said details to include one or more of time of use, frequency and geographic area of use; and
providing query means for the database, to allow the contents of the database to be queried.
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A method of monitoring frequency availability for a telecommunications network includes: establishing details of frequency spectrum usage in a database, said details to include one or more of time of use, frequency and geographic area of use; and providing query means for the database, to allow the contents of the database to be queried.
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1. A method of monitoring frequency availability for a telecommunications network includes:
- establishing details of frequency spectrum usage in a database, said details to include one or more of time of use, frequency and geographic area of use; and
providing query means for the database, to allow the contents of the database to be queried. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 19, 22)
- establishing details of frequency spectrum usage in a database, said details to include one or more of time of use, frequency and geographic area of use; and
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13. A system for monitoring frequency availability comprises a database containing details of frequency spectrum usage, including at least one of time of use, frequency and geographic area of use;
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database query means, operable to allow details of frequency spectrum usage to be entered and operable to return frequency availability for said entered details of frequency spectrum usage. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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17. A method of monitoring frequency availability for a telecommunications network includes;
- establishing details of frequency spectrum usage in a database, said details to include one or more of time of use, frequency and geographic area of use; and
providing query means for the database, to allow the contents of the database to be queried, in which the details of the spectrum usage additionally include one or more of ownership details of a particular part of the spectrum, licence-holder details of a particular part of the spectrum, planning rules relating to a particular part of the spectrum, a price or prices relating to a particular part of the spectrum, and in which said particular part of the spectrum is a part by frequency, a part by geographic area and/or a part by time of use.
- establishing details of frequency spectrum usage in a database, said details to include one or more of time of use, frequency and geographic area of use; and
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18. A method of providing information concerning frequency availability for a telecommunications network comprises consulting a database of frequency spectrum usage in response to an enquiry from an enquirer and advising the enquirer of frequency availability relating to the enquiry.
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20. A method of constructing a database of frequency availability for a telecommunications network comprises obtaining information of frequency spectrum usage, said information including one or more of time of use, frequency and geographic area of use;
- and entering said information into a database.
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21. A method of brokering frequency availability for a telecommunications network comprises providing information concerning frequency availability on a telecommunications network to a potential purchaser;
- agreeing a price for the sale/licensing of the frequency availability; and
selling/licensing said frequency availability.
- agreeing a price for the sale/licensing of the frequency availability; and
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