Method and apparatus for activating frequencies in white space

An apparatus comprising:

• at least a processor and at least one memory including computer code arranged to, with the processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
• acquire spectral resources beyond a licensed spectrum for wireless network communications, from an available spectrum, the spectral resources including available white space frequencies;
• identify a carrier aggregation configuration of at least a portion of the available white space frequencies, using network signaling within the licensed spectrum;
• and
• receive an indication of one or more of the available white space frequencies which a user equipment requests to be activated for communication according to the carrier aggregation configuration.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least a processor and at least one memory including computer code arranged to, with the processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
• cause a carrier aggregation configuration of available white space frequencies to be received by network signaling within the licensed spectrum;
• cause an enabling signal to be received from a wireless network entity, the enabling signal indicating the availability of one or more white spaces for wireless network communications according to the carrier aggregation configuration;
• and
• cause an enabling request to be transmitted to the wireless network entity, the enabling request requesting at least a portion of the one or more available white spaces be activated.