Automated shared-spectrum access platform for CBRS-style bands
This technology enables different types of wireless users — such as commercial cellular carriers and older government or military radio systems — to share the same radio frequency bands without interfering with each other. It combines two approaches: devices sensing the airwaves in real time to detect who is using which frequencies, and consulting a centralized database that maps which frequencies are already claimed in specific geographic areas. By blending these two methods, the system dynamically allocates spectrum so that newer commercial users can access valuable bandwidth without disrupting legacy users who have priority rights. The result is more efficient use of a finite public resource without requiring legacy systems to be replaced or relocated.
What you could build
A spectrum management platform sold to commercial mobile network operators or neutral-host spectrum brokers that automates shared-access compliance in CBRS-style bands; the primary buyers would be telecom carriers, private LTE/5G network operators, and spectrum access system (SAS) administrators.
Who in Virginia should care
Northern Virginia and the Hampton Roads corridor host dense concentrations of federal spectrum users, DoD installations, and telecom infrastructure companies that would be direct stakeholders in spectrum-sharing deployments.
Readiness: Prototype likely
Concept — described but not yet demonstrated. Lab validated — supported by experimental results in the patent. Prototype likely — the text describes a built, working embodiment.
Readiness is inferred from the patent text, not from a lab visit.
The record
- Inventors
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- Granted
- February 18, 2020
- Status
- Granted patent
- Patent number
- 102803
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