# US 10,313,093 B2 · Apparatus for communicating using a frequency band with priority > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,313,093 B2 - Document ID: US10313093B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/305,580 - Filed: 2015-03-04 - Published: 2017-02-16 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2014-06-04 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Shinichiro Tsuda; Sho Furuichi; Ryo Sawai - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10313093B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/14: Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex - H04L 5/0064: {Rate requirement of the data, e.g. scalable bandwidth, data priority} - H04W 16/32: Hierarchical cell structures - H04W 72/56: based on priority criteria - H04W 56/00: Synchronisation arrangements - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - H04W 88/08: Access point devices - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract [Object] To enable a frequency band to be used with higher efficiency. [Solution] There is provided an apparatus including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding a second base station that is a second base station having a coverage area that overlaps a coverage area of a first base station capable of using a frequency band with priority, and is incapable of using the frequency band with priority; and a control unit configured to request the second base station to transmit data destined for a terminal apparatus that accesses the first base station to the terminal apparatus. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus comprising: circuitry disposed in a first base station and configured to acquire information regarding a second base station that is a second base station having a coverage area that overlaps a coverage area of the first base station capable of using a frequency band with priority, and is incapable of using the frequency band with priority without permission; permit the second base station to use the frequency band with priority; and request the second base station to transmit, using the frequency band with priority, data destined for a terminal apparatus that accesses the first base station to the terminal apparatus, wherein the second base station is a terminal apparatus operable as a base station. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry permits the second base station to use a part or a whole of the frequency band in a period in which the first base station does not use the part or the whole of the frequency band. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry cancels the permission for the second base station to use the frequency band. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry requests the second base station to transmit the data to the terminal apparatus using another frequency band available to the second base station. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry requests the second base station to transmit the data to the terminal apparatus using at least one selected from the frequency band and another frequency band available to the second base station. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second base station is capable of using the frequency band under a condition that interference with a radio communication system capable of using the frequency band with priority be avoided or suppressed. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second base station is incapable of using the frequency band without permission. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry instructs the terminal apparatus to use a band used by the second base station for transmission of the data as a secondary component carrier accompanied by a primary component carrier used by the first base station. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry gives an instruction to the second base station with regard to a link direction of a band used by the second base station for transmission of the data. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the instruction includes an instruction of a Time Division Duplex (TDD) configuration applied to the band. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the frequency band is a band that is used by another radio communication system with priority over a radio communication system that includes the first base station, and the first base station is capable of using the frequency band under a condition that interference with the other radio communication system be avoided or suppressed. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the circuitry requests the second base station to transmit the data to the terminal apparatus using the frequency band, and the circuitry permits the second base station for use of the frequency band within a range within which the first base station is capable of using the frequency band. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is the first base station, a base station apparatus for the first base station, or a module for the first base station or the base station apparatus, or another network node or a module for the other network node. ### Claim 14 An apparatus comprising: circuitry disposed in a second base station and configured to: acquire data destined for a terminal apparatus that accesses a first base station capable of using a frequency band with priority when the second base station having a coverage area which overlaps a coverage area of the first base station and incapable of using the frequency band with priority without permission, receives a request to transmit the data to the terminal apparatus using the frequency band with priority; receive permission for the second base station to use the frequency band with priority; and control radio communication of the second base station so that the second base station transmits the data to the terminal apparatus using the frequency band with priority, wherein the second base station is a terminal apparatus operable as a base station.