CONFIGURING SPECTRUM AGILE DEVICES BY MEANS OF LABELS STORING SPEKTRUM OPPORTUNITY PARAMETERS

• US 20090079541A1
• Filed: 10/28/2005
• Published: 03/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Alsafadi, Yasser
• Application Number:
  US11/718,254
• Publication Number:
  US 20090079541A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 17/00 Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10 by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation

Abstract

A device (DEV) which is capable of communicating using different spectrum opportunities comprises a communication unit (CMM) capable of communicating with other devices (DEV) and/or with communication networks, wherein the communication unit (CMM) is capable of communicating using different spectrum opportunities, and wherein a spectrum opportunity is defined by a set of at least one spectrum opportunity parameter; a label reader (REU; REU) capable of reading information (inf) from a label (TAG), wherein the information identifies at least one spectrum opportunity parameter of a spectrum opportunity; and switching means capable of switching the communication unit (CMM) to communicate using the spectrum opportunity as at least partially identified by the information (inf) read from the label (TAG).

Claims

1. A device (DEV) which is capable of communicating using different spectrum opportunities comprising:

a communication unit (CMM) capable of communicating with other devices (DEV′

) and/or with communication networks, wherein the communication unit (CMM) is capable of communicating using different spectrum opportunities, and wherein a spectrum opportunity is defined by a set of at least one spectrum opportunity parameter;

a label reader (REU;

REU′

) capable of reading information (inf) from a label (TAG), wherein the information identifies at least one spectrum opportunity parameter of a spectrum opportunity; and

switching means capable of switching the communication unit (CMM) to communicate using the spectrum opportunity as at least partially identified by the information (inf) read from the label (TAG).

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the label reader (REU;

REU′

) is an RFID tag reader.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein the label reader is an external reader (REU′

) which is connectable to the device (DEV).

4. A device according to claim 1, wherein the label reader (REU) is integrated into the device (DEV).

5. A device according to claim 1, wherein the information (inf) read from the label (TAG) contains spectrum opportunity parameters.

6. A device according to claim 1, wherein the device (DEV) is capable of communicating with a spectrum opportunity database (DAB), and wherein the device (DEV) retrieves, after sending of at least the information (inf) read from the label (TAG) to the database (DAB), a spectrum opportunity from the spectrum opportunity database (DAB) which spectrum opportunity is at least partially identified by the information (inf) sent to the database (DAB).

7. A device according to claim 1, wherein a spectrum opportunity is completely identified by the information (inf) read from the label (TAG).

8. A device according to claim 1, wherein further spectrum opportunity parameters of a spectrum opportunity are identified by device-dependent parameters and/or environment variables.

9. A method for switching a device (DEV) which is capable of communicating using different spectrum opportunities to a certain spectrum opportunity, wherein a spectrum opportunity is defined by a set of at least one spectrum opportunity parameter, comprising the following steps:

(i) the device (DEV) reads information (inf) identifying at least one spectrum opportunity parameter of a spectrum opportunity from a label (TAG);

(ii) the device (DEV) switches its communication unit (CMM) to the spectrum opportunity which spectrum opportunity is at least partially identified by the information (inf) read from the label (TAG).

10. A method according to claim 9, wherein the information (inf) read from the label (TAG) contains spectrum opportunity parameters.

11. A method according to claim 9, wherein after step (i) the device (DEV) connects to a spectrum opportunity database (DAB), sends the information (inf) retrieved from the label (TAG) to the database (DAB), and retrieves a spectrum opportunity which spectrum opportunity is at least partially identified by the information (inf) read from the label (TAG).

12. A method according to claim 9, wherein a spectrum opportunity is completely identified by the information (inf) read from the label (TAG).

13. A method according to claim 9, wherein further spectrum opportunity parameters of a spectrum opportunity are identified by device-dependent parameters and/or environment variables.

14. A method according to claim 9, wherein the label (TAG) is an RFID tag.

15. A label (TAG) with storage means (TME), wherein information (inf) identifying at least one spectrum opportunity parameter of at least one spectrum opportunity is stored in the storage means (TME).

16. A label (TAG) according to claim 15, wherein the label (TAG) is an RFID tag.

17. A label (TAG) according to claim 15, wherein the information (inf) stored in the label (TAG) contains spectrum opportunity parameters.

18. A label (TAG) according to claim 15, wherein a spectrum opportunity is completely identified by the information (inf) read from the label (TAG).