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Methods and devices for shared spectrum allocation

US10812986B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Markus Dominik Mueck · Unterhaching, DE
Christian Drewes · Germering, DE
Eryk Dutkiewicz · Sydney, AU
Beeshanga Jayawickrama · Sydney, AU
Pierce Rixon · Sydney, AU
Gengfa Fang · Sydney, AU
Michael Heimlich · Londonderry, US
Srikathyayani Srikanteswara · Portland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 1, 2016
Grant date	Oct 20, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 17, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W72/56
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A non-transitory computer readable medium may store instructions that when executed by a processor direct the processor to perform a radio spectrum allocation method including processing requested radio access terms of one or more lower-tiered users and determining available radio access terms from one or more incumbents, generating a plurality of candidate radio access licenses based on the requested radio access terms and the available radio access terms, determining radio conditions of each of the plurality of candidate radio access licenses, and based on the determined radio conditions, selecting a radio access license from the plurality of candidate radio access licenses and directing the one or more lower-tiered users to use the selected radio access license or operated based on the selected radio access license.

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