US 11,889,319 B2
Techniques for controlling spectrum usage of a hierarchical communication system
Markus Dominik Mueck, Unterhaching (DE); Christian Drewes, Germering (DE); Kostas Tsagkaris, Athens (GR); Panagiotis Demestichas, Piraeus (GR); Michalis Michaloliakos, Piraeus (GR); and Stavroula Vassaki, Stockholm (SE)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/829,391.
Application 17/829,391 is a continuation of application No. 16/957,735, granted, now 11,432,162, previously published as PCT/US2019/015372, filed on Jan. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18 156 300 (EP), filed on Feb. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0361000 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 16/04 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 16/14 (2013.01) [H04W 16/04 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An access point (AP) device for controlling spectrum usage of a hierarchical communication system, in which a spectrum reserved for an Incumbent is usable by at least one user equipment (UE) for transmission when the spectrum is free of a transmission reservation by the Incumbent, the AP device comprising a processor configured to:
receive a message from the Incumbent requesting vacating of a spectrum;
generate a group of users affected by the message from the Incumbent requesting vacating of the spectrum; and
perform a spectrum management operation on the group of users;
wherein generating the group comprises assigning a group ID to a plurality of users affected by the message from the incumbent requesting vacating of the spectrum.