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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2011
Hou-shin Chen, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Wen Gao, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Hou-Shin Chen, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Wen Gao, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Thomson Licensing, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for access, enablement and control of devices in TV white space are provided. Methods and apparatus for channel scanning by a device are provided that shorten channel scanning time by using a 5 MHz Measurement Pilot frame at a predetermined location within an enabling device's channel, regardless of the operating bandwidth of the enabling device. Also provided are methods and apparatus for multi-band dynamic station enablement that locate information regarding an enabling device's supported regulatory classes and channel numbers within one accessible frame of information and also provide request and response messages to arrange for enablement of a requesting device on a network. Further, methods and apparatus are provided for identifying an interfering device on a network by providing increased information from within a DSE Registered Location element.