System and method for determining precise geo-location of a fixed-location radio device

A fixed-location radio device, comprising:

• a radio transceiver for establishing wireless communications;
• a memory;
• and
• a control circuit that controls operation of the fixed-location radio device and causes the fixed-location radio device to:
• during a configuration mode, receive location data representing a location of an electronic device separate from the fixed-location radio device, the location of the electronic device functioning as a proxy for the location of the fixed-location radio device, wherein the location data is determined by the electronic device and received by the fixed-location radio device within a predetermined amount of time as part of a validity check to ensure that the location of the electronic device is determined in close proximity to the actual geo-location of the fixed-location radio device;
• during the configuration mode, populate a location configuration field stored in the memory with a location value matching the location represented by the location data, the populated location value representing the geographic location of the fixed-location radio device, and
• during an active state, request spectrum access from a spectrum management server to spectrum that is available for use by the fixed-location radio device to carry out wireless communications at the geographic location represented by the location value.

A method of determining a location of a fixed-location radio device with a separate electronic device, comprising:

• determining, with the separate electronic device and during a configuration mode of the fixed-location radio device, a location of the separate electronic device to within a predetermined accuracy;
• obtaining, with the separate electronic device and during the configuration mode of the fixed-location radio device, a key from the fixed-location radio device;
• and
• submitting, with the separate electronic device and during the configuration mode of the fixed-location radio device, the location and key to at least one of the fixed-location radio device or a server;
• wherein the determining, obtaining and submitting are carried out within a predetermined amount of time as a validity check to ensure that the location of the separate electronic device is determined in close proximity to the actual geo-location of the fixed-location radio device;
• and
• wherein, during an active state of the fixed-location radio device, the determined location of the separate electronic device serves as the geographic location of the fixed-location radio device in spectrum access requests made by the fixed-location radio device to a spectrum management server.