Configuring an SDR capable user equipment

An SDR-capable user equipment, comprising:

• a memory having processor-executable instructions stored thereon;
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• a processor, configured to execute the processor-executable instructions stored in the memory to facilitate the following being performed by the SDR-capable user equipment:
• wirelessly loading an SDR program from a radio access network using a dedicated SDR configuration channel, wherein the dedicated SDR configuration channel is disjoint with any communication channel defined by the desired wireless communication technology, and wherein wirelessly loading the SDR program using the dedicated SDR configuration channel comprises:
• scanning a predetermined frequency spectrum searching for a beacon broadcasted by the radio access network;
• receiving the beacon broadcasted by the radio access network, wherein the beacon comprises a pointer pointing to a location of the SDR program, and wherein the location comprises the dedicated SDR configuration channel or a subchannel of the dedicated SDR configuration channel;
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• tuning to the dedicated SDR configuration channel or the subchannel of the dedicated SDR configuration channel pointed to by the pointer for loading the SDR program;
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• executing the loaded SDR program, wherein, on execution, the SDR program configures the SDR-capable user equipment to support a desired wireless communication technology.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon for configuring a Software Defined Radio (SDR) capable-capable user equipment, wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed, facilitate:

• wirelessly loading, by the SDR-capable user equipment, an SDR program from a radio access network using a dedicated SDR configuration channel, wherein the dedicated SDR configuration channel is disjoint with any communication channel defined by the desired wireless communication technology, and wherein wirelessly loading the SDR program using the dedicated SDR configuration channel comprises:
• scanning, by the SDR-capable user equipment, a predetermined frequency spectrum searching for a beacon broadcasted by the radio access network;
• receiving, by the SDR-capable user equipment, the beacon broadcasted by the radio access network, wherein the beacon comprises a pointer pointing to a location of the SDR program, and wherein the location comprises the dedicated SDR configuration channel or a subchannel of the dedicated SDR configuration channel;
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• tuning, by the SDR-capable user equipment, to the dedicated SDR configuration channel or the subchannel of the dedicated SDR configuration channel pointed to by the pointer for loading the SDR program;
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• executing, by the SDR-capable user equipment, the loaded SDR program, wherein, on execution, the SDR program configures the SDR-capable user equipment to support a desired wireless communication technology.