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Overlaying wireless networks

  • US 9,820,280 B2
  • Filed: 12/28/2015
  • Issued: 11/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A radio access provider, comprising:

  • one or more processing unit(s);

    and one or more computer-readable media having thereon instructions executable to cause the processing unit(s) to perform operations comprising;

    receiving, in a first frequency sub-band, control information of a first network having a first type;

    transmitting, in a second, different frequency sub-band, control information of a second network having a second, different type;

    determining respective channel quality values for individual candidate first-network channels of a plurality of candidate first-network channels based at least in part on second-network usage data of the candidate first-network channels;

    selecting a first first-network channel from the candidate first-network channels based at least in part on the channel quality values;

    transmitting media information of the first network via the first first-network channel and a second first-network channel, wherein the first and second first-network channels are spaced apart in frequency within a third frequency sub-band; and

    transmitting media information of the second network via a second-network channel arranged in frequency between the first and second first-network channels within the third frequency sub-band,so that the first network having the first type and the second network having the second, different type can operate within a single, common band.

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