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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2013
Milind M. Buddhikot, Raritan Township, NJ (US);
Sayandeep Sen, Madison, WI (US);
Dragan Samardzija, Highlands, NJ (US);
Tan Zhang, Madison, WI (US);
Susan Walker, Freehold, NJ (US);
Milind M. Buddhikot, Raritan Township, NJ (US);
Sayandeep Sen, Madison, WI (US);
Dragan Samardzija, Highlands, NJ (US);
Tan Zhang, Madison, WI (US);
Susan Walker, Freehold, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus is provided for conducting wireless data communications using whitespace and non-whitespace channels. A short-range base station with an interface for whitespace channels and another interface for non-whitespace channels communicates with user equipment outfitted with equivalent interfaces. The short-range base station has a preference for using the interface for the whitespace channels, where the whitespace channels are whitespace spectrum bands that are available during periods when a primary user is not actively utilizing the whitespace. A spectrum server analyzes spectrum occupancy database information and whitespace spectrum sensing measurements to determine lists of available whitespace spectrum bands for use by the short-range base station.