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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2011
Applicants:

Shiquan Wu, Nepean, CA;

Jung Yee, Ottawa, CA;

Inventors:

Shiquan Wu, Nepean, CA;

Jung Yee, Ottawa, CA;

Assignee:

Wi-Lan, Inc., Ottawa, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04W 16/02 (2009.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 27/2602 (2013.01); H04W 16/02 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04L 5/0007 (2013.01); H04L 5/003 (2013.01); H04W 24/00 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for sharing white space with primary services and other emerging services are provided. Signal distribution within a specified location, such as a dwelling, is performed using a home gateway that identifies unused white space, reserves such white space spectrum, and delivers data to one or more devices at the respective location using the reserved spectrum. Signalling between the devices and the gateway is performed over a shared signalling channel, which enables the gateway to advise the devices from where and when to receive data. The gateway also uses a common spectrum reservation OFDM symbol to advise the neighbouring gateways of the local spectrum reservation.


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