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Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2007

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2004
Applicants:

Gregory J. Buchwald, Crystal Lake, IL (US);

Lawrence M. Ecklund, Wheaton, IL (US);

Richard S. Rachwalski, Lemont, IL (US);

S. David Silk, Barrington, IL (US);

Stephen L. Kuffner, Algonquin, IL (US);

Inventors:

Gregory J. Buchwald, Crystal Lake, IL (US);

Lawrence M. Ecklund, Wheaton, IL (US);

Richard S. Rachwalski, Lemont, IL (US);

S. David Silk, Barrington, IL (US);

Stephen L. Kuffner, Algonquin, IL (US);

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The presence of the non-television transmission within a channel is used to indicate that secondary non-licensed usage of the channel is permitted. Specifically, if secondary users incorporate the means to identify the unique modulation signature of the secondary user, decoding of a beacon signal may not be necessary. With the above in mind, a radio will be prevented from transmitting within a frequency band when no transmission within the licensed spectrum is currently taking place; the licensee is currently transmitting on the spectrum (e.g., television transmissions are taking place utilizing the spectrum, or the radio cannot sense the presence of a data channel (beacon).


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