US 12,302,117 B2
Spectrum allocation using a distributed ledger network
James Kempf, Mountain View, CA (US); and Kumar Balachandran, Pleasanton, CA (US)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/873,464.
Application 17/873,464 is a continuation of application No. 17/269,754, granted, now 11,405,796, previously published as PCT/SE2019/050723, filed on Aug. 2, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/721,260, filed on Aug. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0361001 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 12/037 (2021.01); H04W 12/04 (2021.01); H04W 28/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 16/14 (2013.01) [H04W 12/037 (2021.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 28/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network device comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to store instructions; and
a processor coupled with the non-transitory computer readable storage medium to process the stored instructions to perform:
sending, an authorization request for a spectrum allocation of spectrum resources, wherein the spectrum allocation includes at least a desired interval of time for usage of the spectrum resources by a radio access network of a spectrum renter, a desired location for usage of the spectrum resources by the radio access network, and one or more additional characteristics of the spectrum resources, and
negotiating agreement terms for the spectrum allocation through a private transaction channel in a distributed ledger network between a spectrum owner system and a spectrum renter system that sent the authorization request, wherein a hash of the spectrum allocation is recorded in a distributed ledger network that includes a list of spectrum resources licensed from a regulatory authority system to the spectrum owner system, the list of spectrum resources available to rent to one or more potential customers, wherein the spectrum allocation enables the radio access network of the spectrum renter to provide radio access services to one or more wireless network devices according to the characteristics of the spectrum resources for the desired interval of time and the desired location.