Systems and methods for automated financial settlements for dynamic spectrum sharing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12256233-B2
Application number	US-202418787563-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 29, 2024
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	Mar 18, 2025
Grant date	Mar 18, 2025

Abstract

Systems, methods and apparatus are disclosed for automatic signal detection in an RF environment. An apparatus comprises at least one receiver and at least one processor coupled with at least one memory. The apparatus is at the edge of a communication network. The apparatus sweeps and learns the RF environment in a predetermined period based on statistical learning techniques, thereby creating learning data. The apparatus forms a knowledge map based on the learning data, scrubs a real-time spectral sweep against the knowledge map, and creates impressions on the RF environment based on a machine learning algorithm. The apparatus is operable to detect at least one signal in the RF environment.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for real-time dynamic radio frequency (RF) spectrum allocation and/or reallocation, comprising:
at least one receiver for measuring a RF environment to create measured data, the at least one receiver in communication with at least one processor coupled with a memory, operable to process the measured data to generate analyzed data for RF awareness of the environment;
wherein the system is operable to learn the RF environment to create RF awareness data, create metadata for the RF awareness data based on customer goals and/or government regulations, and create actionable data to identify at least one signal of interest for dynamic spectrum sharing based on the metadata;
a smart contract to scale signal power and adjust a beamforming angle of at least one signal in real time based on the at least one signal of interest for the dynamic spectrum sharing, the smart contract is operable to be executed automatically on a blockchain platform; and
wherein the smart contract is operable to determine an interference compliance record for a party based on the smart contract and the scaling the signal power of at least one signal;
wherein the blockchain platform creates an immutable ledger for the smart contract execution;
wherein the interference compliance record is automatically provided according to the smart contract;
wherein the blockchain platform utilizes sidechains that run parallel to a primary blockchain for the dynamic spectrum sharing; and
wherein the sidechains are operable to be utilized in the smart contract execution for specific spectrum bands, regulatory jurisdictions, and/or specific services.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system is operable to determine compensation for the smart contract based on a priority of at least one signal.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the system is further operable to provide the compensation to the party.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the compensation is provided to the party automatically according to the smart contract.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system includes artificial intelligence (AI) and/or machine learning (ML) to learn the RF environment and update dynamically.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one signal of interest is at least one incumbent signal in a Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) frequency band.

7. A method for real-time dynamic radio frequency (RF) spectrum allocation and/or reallocation, comprising:
at least one receiver creating measurements of a RF environment;
wherein the at least one receiver is in communication with at least one processor coupled with a memory;
wherein the at least one processor coupled with the memory is in communication with a blockchain platform;
learning the RF environment to create RF awareness data;
creating metadata for the RF awareness data based on customer goals;
creating actionable data by identifying at least one signal of interest for dynamic spectrum sharing based on the metadata;
a smart contract scaling signal power and adjusting a beamforming angle of at least one signal in real time based on the at least one signal of interest for dynamic spectrum sharing of at least one RF signal in real time based on the RF awareness data, the smart contract executing automatically on a blockchain platform; and
the blockchain platform determining an interference compliance record for a party and
creating an immutable ledger for the smart contract execution based on the smart contract;
wherein the blockchain platform utilizes sidechains that run parallel to a primary blockchain for the dynamic spectrum sharing; and
wherein the sidechains are utilized in the smart contract execution for specific spectrum bands, regulatory jurisdictions, and/or specific services.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising providing compensation according to the smart contract based on computational resources used in allocation and/or reallocation of the RF spectrum.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the compensation is further based on signal parameters from the RF awareness data.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising automatically providing the compensation for the party upon the execution of the smart contract.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the customer goals include minimizing or eliminating interference.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the scaling the signal power of at least one signal is based on a priority of the at least one signal.

13. The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least one signal of interest includes at least one incumbent signal in a Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) frequency band.

Assignees

• Digital Global Systems Inc

Inventors

• Murias Fernando
• Montalvo Armando
• Kleinbeck David William
• Dzierwa Ronald C
• Carbajal Daniel

Classifications

• H04B17/318

  Received signal strength · CPC title

• H04B17/24

  with feedback of measurements to the transmitter · CPC title

• H04B17/20

  of receivers · CPC title

• H04W24/10

  Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} · CPC title

• H04W24/04

  Arrangements for maintaining operational condition · CPC title