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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:
Jun. 09, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2010
Applicants:

Matti Juhani Pikkarainen, Oulu, FI;

Sami-jukka Hakola, Kempele, FI;

Timo Kalevi Koskela, Oulu, FI;

Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/08 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 72/042 (2013.01);
Abstract

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises monitoring a bandwidth allocation of a primary device via monitoring at least one broadcast message sent from an associated base station; determining whether a secondary bandwidth is available based on the monitored bandwidth allocation of the primary device; allocating the secondary bandwidth to a secondary application on a secondary device if the secondary bandwidth becomes available; keeping track of changes in the bandwidth allocation of the primary device; and returning the secondary bandwidth to the primary device when the changes in the bandwidth allocation of the primary device indicates a need for the secondary bandwidth by the primary device.


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