US 12,335,933 B2
Shared use of wireless spectrum, channel management, and seamless channel change
Praveen C. Srivastava, Ashburn, VA (US)
Assigned to Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/870,020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0032005 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/0453 (2013.01) [H04W 72/56 (2023.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving allocation of first wireless bandwidth, the first wireless bandwidth including multiple wireless channels;
partitioning the first wireless bandwidth into multiple selectable bandwidth part configurations, the first wireless bandwidth being partitioned with respect to channel boundaries associated with the multiple wireless channels, wherein the multiple selectable bandwidth part configurations include a first bandwidth part configuration and a second bandwidth part configuration, the first bandwidth part configuration including the multiple wireless channels, the second bandwidth part configuration including a less-than-all subset of the multiple wireless channels; and
controlling use of the multiple selectable bandwidth part configurations by multiple communication devices to provide wireless access to a remote network.