Peer-to-peer control network for a wireless radio access network
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1. A peer-to-peer control network for a wireless radio access network, comprising:
- a peer television (TV) band sensing engine that collects TV band spectrum occupancy information;
a peer geolocation engine that collects device location information from base stations and TV band devices in the wireless radio access network, regarding locations of the TV band devices; and
a peer spectrum manager and base station controller having a communications link to a white space database server, and a processor that processes spectrum occupancy information received from the peer TV band sensing engine, the peer geolocation engine, and the white space database server,the peer spectrum manager allocating white space spectrum to at least one base station and TV band devices associated with the at least one base station based on white space spectrum available within a given area encompassing the at least one base station and the TV band devices located at a location indicated by the device location information received from the peer geolocation engine, and the available white space spectrum being received from the white space database server.
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Abstract
A spectrum manager and base station controller for a wireless radio access network allocates TV band white space to all TV band devices under its control using: an allocation policy; information pulled/pushed from a white space database, spectrum usage data supplied by a spectrum sensing engine, and information received from at least one other peer spectrum manager and base station controller for the wireless radio access network.
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1. A peer-to-peer control network for a wireless radio access network, comprising:
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a peer television (TV) band sensing engine that collects TV band spectrum occupancy information; a peer geolocation engine that collects device location information from base stations and TV band devices in the wireless radio access network, regarding locations of the TV band devices; and a peer spectrum manager and base station controller having a communications link to a white space database server, and a processor that processes spectrum occupancy information received from the peer TV band sensing engine, the peer geolocation engine, and the white space database server, the peer spectrum manager allocating white space spectrum to at least one base station and TV band devices associated with the at least one base station based on white space spectrum available within a given area encompassing the at least one base station and the TV band devices located at a location indicated by the device location information received from the peer geolocation engine, and the available white space spectrum being received from the white space database server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of controlling television (TV) band white space spectrum usage by base stations of a remote wireless access network, comprising:
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provisioning the remote wireless access network with a peer-to-peer control network that comprises peer spectrum manager and base station controllers respectively having a communications link to a white space database server, and a processor that processes TV band spectrum occupancy information received from peer TV band sensing engines, peer geolocation engines that collect device location information from the base stations and the TV band devices in the wireless radio access network regarding locations of the TV band devices, and the white space database; and allocating TV band white space spectrum to the base stations and TV band devices associated with the base stations based on the TV band white space spectrum available within a oiven area encompassing the base station and the TV band devices located at a location indicated by the device location information received from the peer geolocation engines, and the available TV band white space spectrum is received from the white space database server. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A spectrum manager and base station controller in a peer-to-peer control network for a television (TV) band white space wireless radio access network, comprising:
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a TV band white space allocation policy; a communications link to a white space database server; and a processor that processes spectrum occupancy information received from a peer TV band sensing engine, a peer geolocation engine that collects device location information from base stations and TV band devices in the wireless radio access network, regarding the locations of those devices, and the white space database, the processor allocates white space spectrum to the base station and the TV band devices associated with the base station based on the TV band white space allocation policy and the white space spectrum available within a given area encompassing th base station aqnd the TV band devices located at the device location information received from the peer geolocation engine, and wherein the white space spectrum is received from the white space database server. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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