US 12,439,443 B2
Channel management and shared use of wireless spectrum
Amitav Mukherjee, Elk Grove, CA (US)
Assigned to Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on May 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/332,816.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386314 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/56 (2023.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 52/38 (2009.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/56 (2023.01) [H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 52/38 (2013.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01)] 39 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
assigning wireless bandwidth for use by multiple wireless stations in a wireless network environment to communicate amongst each other;
monitoring use of the wireless bandwidth; and
in response to detecting use of the wireless bandwidth by an entity having higher priority rights than the multiple wireless stations, operating in a shared mode in which both the multiple wireless stations and the entity share use of the wireless bandwidth in a control period according to a duty cycle.