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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2015
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Abhinav Prasad, Edison, NJ (US);
Siva Sandeep Dhandu, Princeton, NJ (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described that provide for the collaborative co-existence of LTE-U base stations and access points associated with technologies, such as WiFi, that use unlicensed frequency spectrum. In one implementation, a LTE-U device may select a frequency block, in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, based on measured signal strengths and decoded Master Information Blocks (MIBs) that are broadcast in the unlicensed frequency spectrum. The LTE-U device may initiate communications via the selected frequency block by transmitting a MIB that includes a token identifier field that identifies the selected frequency block.