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FRAME BASED, ON-DEMAND SPECTRUM CONTENTION METHODOLOGY

  • US 20100232310A1
  • Filed: 03/10/2010
  • Published: 09/16/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A protocol for frame-based, on-demand spectrum contention in a wireless cognitive radio communication system including a plurality of base stations, the protocol comprising:

  • determining whether a communication channel can be exclusively used by a first of the plurality of base stations; and

    responsive to exclusive use of the communication channel being denied to the first of the plurality of base stations, conducting a frame-based, on-demand spectrum contention between the first and at least one other of the plurality of base stations for exclusive use of at least one of a plurality of data frames associated with the communication channel.

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