×

Method and access point for allocating whitespace spectrum

  • US 8,320,304 B2
  • Filed: 06/04/2010
  • Issued: 11/27/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. An access point, comprising:

  • a first module configured to report a signal strength associated with each of a plurality of other access points to a central controller;

    a second module configured to aggregate a plurality of demands to produce an aggregate demand, each of the plurality of demands associated with one of a plurality of users, and configured to report the aggregated demand to the central controller;

    a third module configured to at least one of associate one of the plurality of users with the access point based on a user setting and associate one of the plurality of users based on allocation by the central controller, the allocation from the central controller being based on the reported signal strength and the aggregated demand, and the allocation indicating a frequency band from a set of frequency bands to be allocated by the access point to the user.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×