Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enabling efficient deterministic virtualized broadcast spectrum sharing and usage validation
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Application No.: US16808996Application Date: 2020-03-04
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Publication No.: US11363467B2Publication Date: 2022-06-14
- Inventor: Michael John Simon , Mark A. Aitken , Ebenezer K. Kofi , Louis Herbert Libin
- Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MD Hunt Valley
- Assignee: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Hunt Valley
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: H04W16/14
- IPC: H04W16/14 ; H04L5/00 ; H04L12/18 ; H04N21/6332 ; H04N21/643 ; H04W72/04

Abstract:
Disclosed herein are methods, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium product for sharing broadcast resources and validating usage of the broadcast resources according to an agreement between a plurality of broadcast virtual network operators (BVNOs). A method includes determining the plurality of spectrum resources corresponding to a length of a broadcast frame, and creating a plurality of physical layer pipes (PLPs) based on a plurality of internet protocol (IP) flows from the plurality of BVNOs. The method includes constructing the broadcast frame including the plurality of PLPs and generating a broadcast frame record based on transmission of the broadcast frame. The broadcast frame record can identify the plurality of spectrum resources shared between the plurality of BVNOs. The method includes updating the broadcast frame record with identification information of the plurality of BVNOs and the plurality of IP flows corresponding to the plurality of PLPs of the broadcast frame.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200288325A1 ENABLING EFFICIENT DETERMINISTIC VIRTUALIZED BROADCAST SPECTRUM SHARING AND USAGE VALIDATION Public/Granted day:2020-09-10
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