Enabling efficient deterministic virtualized broadcast spectrum sharing and usage validation

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor configured to perform operations stored in the memory, wherein the operations comprise:
• determining a plurality of spectrum resources corresponding to a length of a broadcast frame;
• creating a plurality of physical layer pipes (PLPs) based on a plurality of internet protocol (IP) flows from a plurality of broadcast virtual network operators (BVNOs);
• sending control information to construct the broadcast frame comprising the plurality of PLPs in which the plurality of spectrum resources being shared according to an agreement between the plurality of BVNOs;
• generating a broadcast frame record based on transmission of the broadcast frame, wherein the broadcast frame record identifies the plurality of spectrum resources shared between the plurality of BVNOs;
• and
• updating the broadcast frame record with identification information of the plurality of BVNOs and the plurality of IP flows corresponding to the plurality of PLPs of the transmitted broadcast frame.

Computer-readable media (CRM) comprising computer instructions, whereupon execution of the computer instructions by one or more processors of a communication device, cause the one or more processors to:

• determine a plurality of spectrum resources corresponding to a length of a broadcast frame;
• create a plurality of physical layer pipes (PLPs) based on a plurality of internet protocol (IP) flows from a plurality of broadcast virtual network operators (BVNOs);
• send control information to construct the broadcast frame comprising the plurality of PLPs in which the plurality of spectrum resources being shared according to an agreement between the plurality of BVNOs;
• generate a broadcast frame record based on transmission of the broadcast frame, wherein the broadcast frame record identifies the plurality of spectrum resources shared between the plurality of BVNOs;
• and
• update the broadcast frame record with identification information of the plurality of BVNOs and the plurality of IP flows corresponding to the plurality of PLPs of the transmitted broadcast frame.