US 11,910,200 B2
Broadcast/broadband convergence network
Tommy K. Eng, Pleasanton, CA (US); and Kevin A. Shelby, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Coherent Logix, Incorporated, Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Coherent Logix, Incorporated, Austin, TX (US)
Filed on May 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/318,933.
Application 17/318,933 is a continuation of application No. 16/018,907, filed on Jun. 26, 2018, abandoned.
Application 16/018,907 is a continuation of application No. 14/456,817, filed on Aug. 11, 2014, granted, now 10,567,971, issued on Feb. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/864,976, filed on Aug. 12, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/864,631, filed on Aug. 11, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0046428 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04H 20/42 (2008.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 16/14 (2013.01) [H04H 20/423 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04L 5/001 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system of wireless communications that enables base stations to request and receive additional downlink bandwidth to meet a high demand, the system comprising:
a cellular network comprising a plurality of cellular base stations that communicate with and provide cellular services to user cellular devices, using cellular bandwidth and cellular uplinks and downlinks; and
the cellular base stations configured to establish downlinks with the user cellular devices to provide the cellular services, using both cellular bandwidth and broadcast bandwidth;
wherein the cellular base stations incorporate extensions that enable them to request and receive additional downlink bandwidth in a channel-allocated broadcast spectrum.