US 11,711,753 B2
Channel discovery in a small-cell network
Ramesh Rayanki, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Shailender Potharaju, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed by ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/195,147.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/987,312, filed on Mar. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0282076 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 40/06 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 48/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radio node, comprising:
a first node or connector configured to communicatively couple to an antenna;
a second node or connect configured to communicatively couple to a network;
a first interface circuit, communicatively coupled to the first node or connector, configured to communicate using wireless communication;
a second interface circuit, communicatively coupled to the second node or connector, configured to communicate with one or more second radio nodes in the network, wherein the radio node is configured to:
listen, using the first interface circuit, for transmissions associated with the one or more second radio nodes;
determine, based at least in part on the transmissions, a first list of discovered channels associated with the radio node and the one or more second radio nodes;
provide, using the second interface circuit, the first list of discovered channels addressed to the one or more second radio nodes;
receive, using the second interface circuit, one or more second lists of discovered channels associated with the one or more second radio nodes;
aggregate the first list of discovered channels and the second list of discovered channels into a list of active channels; and
provide, using the first interface circuit, the list of active channels addressed to an electronic device.