RESOURCE SHARING BETWEEN SECONDARY NETWORKS
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a coexistence value associated with a wireless network;
receiving radio frequency spectral environment information of the wireless network;
receiving coexistence values and other radio frequency spectral environment information of wireless networks neighboring the wireless network;
receiving a resource request for the wireless network;
generating a resource allocation based at least on the received coexistence values and received radio frequency spectral environment information; and
communicating at least a portion of the generated resource allocation to the wireless network.
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Abstract
Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed to provide for wireless resource sharing on a fair basis between heterogeneous wireless networks to enable coexistence in a TV band white space. An example embodiment of the invention includes a method, comprising the steps of: receiving a coexistence value associated with a wireless network; receiving radio frequency spectral environment information of the wireless network; receiving coexistence values and radio frequency spectral environment information of wireless networks neighboring the wireless network; receiving a resource request for the wireless network; generating a resource allocation based at least on the received coexistence values and received radio frequency spectral environment information; and communicating at least a portion of the generated resource allocation to the wireless network. The resulting embodiments provide for wireless resource sharing on a fair basis between heterogeneous wireless networks to enable coexistence of secondary networks.
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19 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a coexistence value associated with a wireless network; receiving radio frequency spectral environment information of the wireless network; receiving coexistence values and other radio frequency spectral environment information of wireless networks neighboring the wireless network; receiving a resource request for the wireless network; generating a resource allocation based at least on the received coexistence values and received radio frequency spectral environment information; and communicating at least a portion of the generated resource allocation to the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. The method of claim, further comprising:
maintaining information related to network controllers serving wireless networks neighboring the wireless network.
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10. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the coexistence manager at least to; receive a coexistence value associated with a wireless network; receive radio frequency spectral environment information of the wireless network; receive coexistence values and other radio frequency spectral environment information of wireless networks neighboring the wireless network; receive a resource request for the wireless network; generate a resource allocation based at least on the received coexistence values and received radio frequency spectral environment information; and communicate at least a portion of the generated resource allocation to the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product comprising computer executable program code recorded on a computer readable storage medium, the computer executable program code comprising:
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code for receiving a coexistence value associated with a wireless network; code for receiving radio frequency spectral environment information of the wireless network; code for receiving coexistence values and other radio frequency spectral environment information of wireless networks neighboring the wireless network; code for receiving a resource request for the wireless network; code for generating a resource allocation based at least on the received coexistence values and received radio frequency spectral environment information; and code for communicating at least a portion of the generated resource allocation to the wireless network.
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