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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
May. 09, 2024
Charter Communications Operating, Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Saran Khalid, Denver, CO (US);
Perwaiz Akhtar, Aurora, CO (US);
Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for testing and mitigating problems with Spectrum Access System (SAS) service provider systems. An exemplary method includes performing, by an SAS switch and availability function (SSAF), one or more tests on a first SAS service provider system, the first SAS service provider system providing SAS services to one or more wireless base stations (e.g., CBSDs) of a first wireless network (e.g., a first CBRS network); and determining whether or not the first SAS service provider system is experiencing problems providing SAS services to the first wireless network based on results of the one or more tests performed on the first SAS service provider system. In response to determining that there are problems with the first SAS service provider system switching the one or more wireless base stations to a second SAS service provider system.