The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2010
Petri Mähönen, Aachen, DE;
Matthias Wellens, Aachen, DE;
Marina Petrova, Aachen, DE;
Diego Melpignano, Muggiò, IT;
Petri Mähönen, Aachen, DE;
Matthias Wellens, Aachen, DE;
Marina Petrova, Aachen, DE;
Diego Melpignano, Muggiò, IT;
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza (MB), IT;
Abstract
Spectrum usage in a radio cognitive transmission system may be monitored in a distributed manner in space and time through a first set of monitoring apparatuses and a second set of monitoring apparatuses. The first set of monitoring apparatuses may be associated to apparatuses, such as base stations, having a monitoring precision level, for example, linked to the spectrum sampling frequency, greater with respect to the monitoring precision of the monitoring apparatus of the second set. The later may be suitable to be represented by a low-cost 'sniffer' associated to consumer electronics devices.