US 12,225,385 B2
Low-latency network edge spectrum-as-a-service controller
Julius Mueller, Santa Cruz, CA (US); and Ihab Tarazi, Burlingame, CA (US)
Assigned to Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/644,671.
Prior Publication US 2023/0199507 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 16/10 (2009.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 16/10 (2013.01) [H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 60/04 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01); H04W 88/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a memory that stores executable components; and
a processor that executes the executable components stored in the memory, wherein the executable components comprise:
a master grant acquisition component that obtains, from a spectrum access system that is external to the system via a spectrum request procedure initiated at the spectrum access system by the system, an access license for a first spectrum band;
a spectrum mapping component that determines availability of a second spectrum band, wholly contained within the first spectrum band, in response to receiving an access request for the second spectrum band from network equipment associated with a radio access network, wherein the network equipment provides the access request to the system without providing the access request to the spectrum access system; and
a secondary grant provisioning component that, in response to the spectrum mapping component determining that the second spectrum band is available, grants access to the second spectrum band to the network equipment without exchanging any messages with the spectrum access system.