Evolved node-B, shared spectrum controller and method for communication in shared spectrum

An apparatus of a mobile network shared spectrum controller configured to operate in a domain of a mobile network, the apparatus comprising:

• interface circuitry;
• and
• hardware processing circuitry, the hardware processing circuitry to configure the interface circuitry to:
• receive, from an Evolved Node-B (eNB) of the mobile network domain, a request to register with a shared spectrum repository for secondary usage of shared spectrum;
• and
• send, to a public shared spectrum controller external to the mobile network domain, a registration message that indicates that the eNB has requested to register with the shared spectrum repository,
• wherein the registration message is based at least partly on an identity of the eNB that is obfuscated to enable a confidentiality of mobile network configuration information within the mobile network domain,
• wherein the mobile network includes a cellular network and the mobile network shared spectrum controller operates as part of a Network Management Layer Service (NMLS) of the cellular network, and
• the hardware processing circuitry to further configure the interface circuitry to:
• receive, from the public shared spectrum controller, spectrum access information that indicates a first time period and a geographic area in which the shared spectrum is to be used in the mobile network, and spectrum reclaiming information that indicates a time period and a geographic area in which the shared spectrum is not to be used in the mobile network, and
• send the spectrum access information and spectrum reclaiming information over a type-7 interface to a network management (NM) element of the cellular network for forwarding to the eNB.

A computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors to perform operations for management of shared spectrum by a mobile network shared spectrum controller of a domain of a mobile network, the operations to configure the one or more processors to:

• determine mobile network configuration information based on secondary usage of shared spectrum by a group of one or more Evolved Node-Bs (eNBs) of the mobile network domain;
• configure the mobile network shared spectrum controller to send, to a public shared spectrum controller, a public portion of the mobile network configuration information;
• configure the mobile network shared spectrum controller to refrain from sending of a confidential portion of the mobile network configuration information to the public shared spectrum controller,
• wherein the mobile network includes a cellular network,
• the mobile network shared spectrum controller operates as part of a Network Management Layer Service (NMLS) of the cellular network, and
• the operations further configure the one or more processors to:
• receive, from the public shared spectrum controller, spectrum access information that indicates a first time period and a geographic area in which the shared spectrum is to be used in the mobile network, and spectrum reclaiming information that indicates a time period and a geographic area in which the shared spectrum is not to be used in the mobile network, and
• send the spectrum access information and spectrum reclaiming information over a type-7 interface to a network management (NM) element of the cellular network for forwarding to the group of one or more of the eNBs.