System and method for spectrum sublicensing

A method of sublicensing licensed spectrum, the method comprising:

• establishing, by infrastructure equipment of a wireless network, sub-license terms for a sub-license for a radio device to operate within the licensed spectrum;
• retrieving, by the infrastructure equipment, the sub-license terms for operating the radio device within the licensed spectrum upon receiving a request from the radio device;
• and
• configuring the radio device to operate within the licensed spectrum in accordance with the terms of the sub-license via a virtualized interface between the infrastructure equipment and the radio device.

A method of configuring and activating a radio device located in an entity, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a spectrum manager, a first communication from the radio device, wherein the first communication includes a unique identifier for the radio device;
• receiving, by the spectrum manager, a second communication from the administrator of the entity requesting a spectrum sub-license for the radio device;
• retrieving configuration information for the radio device from the database of the spectrum manager;
• determining a configuration of the radio device in accordance with the policies and terms of the spectrum sub-license;
• and
• transferring the configuration information to the administrator and/or radio device, wherein
• the configuration information is used by the administrator and/or radio device to establish a communication session between the radio device and other devices within the entity on the sub-licensed spectrum.