Capacity sharing between wireless systems

A method operable within a wireless telecommunication system, the method comprising:

• detecting capacity on a first of a plurality of wireless base stations via a Mobile Central Office (MCO) of the wireless telecommunication system, wherein each wireless base station is operable to handle a session from a wireless device and to handoff the session to another of the wireless base stations when the wireless device moves into a range of the other wireless base station;
• automatically acquiring at least a portion of the detected capacity of another wireless system;
• and
• directing the wireless device to communicate via the capacity acquired from the other wireless system,
• wherein the first wireless base station comprises a Wireless Access Point (WAP) operable in a WiFi band, the WAP comprising:
• a WiFi receiver operable to detect one or more WiFi networks proximate thereto;
• a WiFi transmitter operable to communicate frequency spectrum usage of the first wireless base station to the one or more WiFi networks proximate thereto;
• a Long Term Evolution (LTE) receiver operable to detect LTE frequency spectrum usage proximate thereto;
• and
• an LTE transmitter operable to broadcast frequency spectrum usage of the WAP to an LTE wireless system.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor of a Mobile Central Office (MCO) of a wireless telecommunication system, direct the processor to:

• detect capacity on a first of a plurality of wireless base stations, wherein each wireless base station is operable to handle a session from a wireless device and to handoff the session to another of the wireless base stations when the wireless device moves into a range of the other wireless base station;
• automatically acquire at least a portion of the detected capacity of another wireless system;
• and
• direct the wireless device to communicate via the capacity acquired from the other wireless system,
• wherein the first wireless base station comprises a Wireless Access Point (WAP) operable in a WiFi band, the WAP comprising:
• a WiFi receiver operable to detect one or more WiFi networks proximate thereto;
• a WiFi transmitter operable to communicate frequency spectrum usage of the first wireless base station to the one or more WiFi networks proximate thereto;
• a Long Term Evolution (LTE) receiver operable to detect LTE frequency spectrum usage proximate thereto;
• and
• an LTE transmitter operable to broadcast frequency spectrum usage of the WAP to an LTE wireless system.