System and method for managing radio access to spectrum and to a spectrum management system
First Claim
1. A method of radio communications using a hub radio device that forms part of a communication system, the communication system having a spectrum management system that allocates spectrum to radio devices in the communication system, comprising the following steps carried out by the hub radio device:
- registering with the spectrum management system and receiving a spectrum allocation for the hub radio device from the spectrum management system, the spectrum allocation for the hub radio device identifying available operating channels for the hub radio device;
forming a network on one of the operating channels identified in the spectrum allocation for the hub radio device;
broadcasting a beacon over an operating channel that is identified in the spectrum allocation for the hub radio device;
joining into the network a spoke radio device from which a join request is received; and
acting as a communication pathway for communication between the spoke radio device and the spectrum management system for the spoke radio device to register with the spectrum management system and to receive a spectrum allocation for the spoke radio device from the spectrum management system, the spectrum allocation for the spoke radio device identifying available operating channels for the spoke radio device and being a separate spectrum allocation than the spectrum allocation for the hub radio device; and
wherein the beacon contains data regarding the spectrum management system, the data distinguishing the spectrum management system from other spectrum management systems that provide spectrum allocations to radio devices.
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Abstract
A communication system where radios without a normally available communication pathway to a spectrum management system (referred to as spoke radio devices) communicate with the spectrum management system by joining a network established by a hub radio device that has a prior registration with the spectrum management system. Once joined, the spoke may seek registration with the spectrum management system and, if appropriate, obtain a spectrum allocation from the spectrum management system. Also, once registered, spoke radio devices may form a network of their own.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of radio communications using a hub radio device that forms part of a communication system, the communication system having a spectrum management system that allocates spectrum to radio devices in the communication system, comprising the following steps carried out by the hub radio device:
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registering with the spectrum management system and receiving a spectrum allocation for the hub radio device from the spectrum management system, the spectrum allocation for the hub radio device identifying available operating channels for the hub radio device; forming a network on one of the operating channels identified in the spectrum allocation for the hub radio device; broadcasting a beacon over an operating channel that is identified in the spectrum allocation for the hub radio device; joining into the network a spoke radio device from which a join request is received; and acting as a communication pathway for communication between the spoke radio device and the spectrum management system for the spoke radio device to register with the spectrum management system and to receive a spectrum allocation for the spoke radio device from the spectrum management system, the spectrum allocation for the spoke radio device identifying available operating channels for the spoke radio device and being a separate spectrum allocation than the spectrum allocation for the hub radio device; and wherein the beacon contains data regarding the spectrum management system, the data distinguishing the spectrum management system from other spectrum management systems that provide spectrum allocations to radio devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 20, 21)
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10. A method of radio communications using a spoke radio device that forms part of a communication system, the communication system having a spectrum management system that allocates spectrum to radio devices in the communication system, comprising the following steps carried out by the spoke radio device:
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scanning for and receiving a beacon that is broadcast by a hub radio device, the hub radio device being registered with the spectrum management system and operating on a network formed by the hub radio device on a channel identified in a spectrum allocation provided to the hub radio device from the spectrum management system; joining the network formed by the hub radio device; and registering with the spectrum management system and receiving a spectrum allocation for the spoke radio device from the spectrum management system, messages to carry out the registering and receiving the spectrum allocation are transmitted via the hub radio device as a communication pathway for communication between the spoke radio device and the spectrum management system, and the spectrum allocation for the spoke radio device identifying available operating channels for the spoke radio device and being a separate spectrum allocation than the spectrum allocation for the hub radio device; and wherein beacons are received from plural hub radio devices and each beacon contains data regarding a spectrum management system associated with the respective hub radio system, the data in each beacon distinguishing the respective spectrum management system from other spectrum management systems that provide spectrum allocations to radio devices; and the method further comprising selecting a network of one hub radio device to loin from the plural hub radio systems according to a preferred one of the spectrum management systems. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23)
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