Device for obtaining permission to use a radio frequency (RF) resource

A device for obtaining permission to use a Radio Frequency (RF) resource to transmit or receive data, the device comprising:

• a transceiver, and
• a processor configured to:
• control the transceiver to communicate with a RF resource allocation system over the RF resource in order to determine whether or not the device is permitted to use the RF resource;
• while the transceiver is communicating with the RF resource allocation system over the RF resource, repeatedly determine whether or not a cumulative use of the RF resource by the device to communicate with the RF resource allocation system satisfies a condition until the processor determines that either (i) the cumulative use of the RF resource satisfies the condition or (ii) the device is permitted to use the RF resource;
• upon the processor determining that the cumulative use of the RF resource satisfies the condition, control the transceiver to not communicate with the RF resource allocation system over the RF resource for a period of time;
• and
• upon the processor determining that the device is permitted to use the RF resource, control the device to use the RF resource to transmit or receive the data;
• wherein the RF resource allocation system is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Spectrum Access System (SAS).