公开(公告)号：US20200382963A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16957735

申请日：2019-01-28

Applicant: Intel IP Corporation

Inventor： Markus Dominik MUECK ,  Christian DREWES ,  Kostas TSAGKARIS ,  Panagiotis DEMESTICHAS ,  Michalis MICHALOLIAKOS ,  Stavroula VASSAKI

IPC: H04W16/14 ,  H04W16/04 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an access point (AP) device for controlling spectrum usage of a hierarchical communication system, in which a spectrum reserved for an Incumbent is usable by at least one user equipment (UE) for transmission when the spectrum is not required by the Incumbent, the AP device comprising a processor configured to: enforce the at least one UE into a mode protecting use of the spectrum by the Incumbent based on a spectrum request indication from the Incumbent; and enable transmission of the at least one UE using the spectrum reserved for the Incumbent based on a spectrum availability indication from the Incumbent.