System and method for managing spectrum resources
AssigneeSpectrum Bridge, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey C. Schmidt, Manish Shukla, Hrishikesh Gossain
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Abstract
A central registration system provides channel maps of available spectrum to radio devices based on feedback and spectrum allocation policies. Each available channel in the channel map is given a score that is indicative of the quality of the channel for use by the particular radio device for which the channel map was generated. The quality score for each available channel may be based on the radio device's susceptibility to different types of interference and/or radio device's tolerance of the different types of potential interference.
Claims20
A system for providing channel maps of available spectrum to radio devices, comprising:
- an interface to communicate with the radio devices over a network;
- and
- a processor that executes a spectrum resource function that is stored in a memory and, by execution of the spectrum resource function, the system configured to:
- receive a request message from a requesting one of the radio devices;
- determine channels that are available for use by the requesting radio device;
- score each determined channel as a weighted combination of factors, the relative weights for each factor determined for the requesting radio device to account for at least one of susceptibility to different types of interference or tolerance of the different types of interference in the weighted combination;
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- transmit the determined channels and corresponding scores to the requesting radio device.
A method of providing channel maps of available spectrum to radio devices, comprising:
- receiving a request message from a requesting one of the radio devices;
- determining channels that are available for use by the requesting radio device;
- scoring each determined channel as a weighted combination of factors, the relative weights for each factor determined for the requesting radio device to account for at least one of susceptibility to different types of interference or tolerance of the different types of interference in the weighted combination;
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- transmitting the determined channels and corresponding scores to the requesting radio device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.