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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Paul W. Garnett, Albany, NY (US);
Amer A. Hassan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Paul W. A. Mitchell, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey Z. Yan, Singapore, SG;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The concepts relate to radio channel utilization and more specifically to determining whether individual radio channels are available for use. One example can cause multiple sensing devices in a region to sense radio channels. The example can obtain signal information sensed by the multiple sensing devices in relation to an individual radio channel. The example can collectively analyze the signal information from the multiple sensing devices to determine whether the individual radio channel is being used for a licensed broadcast in the region.