CPC H04W 16/14 (2013.01) [H04H 20/423 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04L 5/001 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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.
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