US 11,943,683 B2
Automated frequency coordination and device location awareness
Carol J. Ansley, Johns Creek, GA (US); Charles Cheevers, Alpharetta, GA (US); Ian Wheelock, Cork (IE); and Thomas Gravely, Herndon, VA (US)
Assigned to ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC, Horsham, PA (US)
Filed by ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/851,476.
Application 17/851,476 is a continuation of application No. 16/876,750, filed on May 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/848,925, filed on May 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0329979 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/029 (2018.02) [H04W 16/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for a controller to identify one or more operating requirements for use by an access device comprising:
receiving location information associated with the access device, wherein the access device is a Wi-Fi access device;
sending the location information to the access device using a secure authenticated Wi-Fi connection;
determining that the access device is within a proximity to one or more exclusion zones based upon a baseline location of the access device, wherein the baseline location is based on the location information and one or more Wi-Fi location determination features, and wherein the one or more exclusion zones correspond to one or more areas in which unlicensed band usage impacts one or more microwave paths;
determining one or more frequencies to avoid based on the proximity of the access device to the one or more exclusion zones;
identifying one or more operating requirements of the access device based on the proximity of the access device to the one or more exclusion zones; and
outputting the one or more operating requirements to the access device.