US 11,722,908 B2
Spectrum usage protection in a shared wireless network
Abdulrauf Hafeez, Cary, NC (US); and Maulik V. Vaidya, Escondido, CA (US)
Assigned to Charter Communications Operating. LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/491,468.
Prior Publication US 2023/0098387 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 48/02 (2009.01); H04W 52/24 (2009.01); H04W 72/10 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 16/14 (2013.01) [H04W 48/02 (2013.01); H04W 52/243 (2013.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] 43 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
in a wireless system shared amongst a hierarchy of entities:
receiving notification that a second-tier priority entity has been allocated use of a second wireless spectrum as a replacement to first wireless spectrum, the first wireless spectrum revoked from the second-tier priority entity based on detected use of the first wireless spectrum by a first-tier priority entity; and
controlling a wireless transmit power level of a third-tier priority entity in the hierarchy to provide protected use of the second wireless spectrum by the second-tier priority entity.