METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ON-DEMAND SPECTRUM PURCHASING FOR SHARED SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

摘要

A method and apparatus are described for advertising, selling and purchasing spectrum. A shared spectrum manager (SSM) may categorize spectrum based on specific characteristics, generate spectrum pools based on the categorization, assign a price to each of the spectrum pools, and advertise the spectrum pool pricing, availability and characteristics. The characteristics may include frequency, band, location, spectrum access class, device class, radio access technology (RAT) and a quality measure. The quality measure may include expected or maximum interference power over a band of usage or adjacent bands, an expected or minimum signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR), probability of evacuation, rules of spectrum usage, and the like. The spectrum categorized may include a combination of spectrum from multiple Tier 1 users. A spectrum pool message exchange may occur between the SSM and a secondary user, such as a Tier 2 user, which may result in the purchase of spectrum by the secondary user.