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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Amer A. Hassan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Todd Haugen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Paul W. Garnett, Albany, NY (US);
Paul William Alexander Mitchell, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/00 (2009.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 24/00 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for guard band usage for wireless data transmission are described. In at least some embodiments, white spaces in the radio spectrum (e.g., television (TV) white spaces) and guard bands between licensed bands of the radio spectrum are leveraged for data transmission. Based on available white spaces and service deployment in the licensed bands, various decisions can be made regarding how to leverage white spaces and guard bands for wireless data transmission.