Wireless Communications Apparatus and Methods Employing Opportunistic Frequency Band Use
First Claim
1. A method of operating a base station of a wireless communications system, the method comprising:
- determining propagation conditions between the base station and terminals; and
selectively communicating with terminals using first and second separately allocated frequency bands of a government spectrum allocation based on the determined propagation conditions between the base station and the terminals.
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Abstract
A base station selectively communicates with terminals using first and second separately allocated frequency bands, e.g., separate cellular/PCS bands, of a government spectrum allocation based on propagation conditions between the base station and the terminals. The base station may transmit in the first frequency band and receive in the second frequency band during a first time slot and transmit in the second frequency band and receive in the first frequency band during a second time slot. The base station may transmit to a terminal in the first frequency band while receiving from the terminal in the second frequency band during the first time slot and may transmit to the first terminal in the second frequency band while receiving from the first terminal in the first frequency band during the second time slot.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of operating a base station of a wireless communications system, the method comprising:
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determining propagation conditions between the base station and terminals; and selectively communicating with terminals using first and second separately allocated frequency bands of a government spectrum allocation based on the determined propagation conditions between the base station and the terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless communications system, comprising:
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a base station; and a controller configured to determine propagation conditions between the base station and terminals and to cause the base station to selectively communicate with terminals using first and second separately allocated frequency bands of a government spectrum allocation based on the determined propagation conditions between the base station and the terminals. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A wireless terminal comprising:
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a radio transceiver configured to communicate in first and second separately allocated frequency bands of a government spectrum allocation; and a controller configured to cause the radio transceiver to support selective communication with a base station in the first and second frequency bands based on propagation conditions between the base station and the terminals. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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