Granted Patent B2

US 9,282,588 · App. 14/804,099 · Granted Mar 8, 2016

Abstract

Claims (41)

1. A relay communication method, comprising:

establishing, at a second wireless mobile device, a short-range wireless communication path with a first wireless mobile device;

receiving, at the second wireless mobile device, sensory data from the first wireless mobile device via the short-range wireless communication path, wherein the sensory data is associated with multiple radio channels relative to a plurality of other wireless mobile devices disposed in a sensing area of the first wireless mobile device, and the second wireless mobile device is within range of a wide area cellular network and connected with the wide area cellular network; and

transmitting, by the second wireless mobile device, the sensory data to a network element via the wide area cellular network.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network element comprises at least one of a base station, an evolved node, a screening node, or a channel occupancy and location database server.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensory data associated with a particular radio channel of the multiple radio channels comprises at least one of: a location of one of the other wireless mobile devices operating in the particular radio channel, an interference level of the particular radio channel, an interference signal bandwidth, a center frequency of a radio signal sensed in the particular radio channel, an type identification of a radio signal sensed in the particular radio channel, a radio access technology type associated with the particular radio channel, a network identifier associated with the particular radio channel, a transmitter identifier associated with the particular radio channel, a duty cycle of a radio signal sensed in the particular radio channel, or an expected duration of a radio signal sensed in the particular radio channel.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensory data is detected by scanning in at least one of multiple radio frequency spectra comprising a frequency associated with a radio access technology selected from IEEE 802.11a technology, IEEE 802.11b technology, IEEE 802.11g technology, IEEE 802.11n technology, GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network technology, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System technology, Evolution—Data Optimized technology, Code Division Multiple Access technology, Time Division Multiple Access technology, Long Term Evolution technology, HiperLan technology, HiperLan II technology, Wi-MAX technology, OpenAir technology, Bluetooth technology, or GMR-1 technology.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensory data is detected by scanning in a television white space spectrum.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting, by the second wireless mobile device, sensory data associated with different multiple radio channels relative to a different plurality of other wireless mobile devices disposed in a sensing area of the second wireless mobile device;

aggregating, by the second wireless mobile device, the sensory data detected by the second wireless mobile device with the sensory data received from the first wireless mobile device; and

transmitting, by the second wireless mobile device, the aggregated sensory data to the network element via the wide area cellular network.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensory data is transmitted to the network element using an over-the-top signaling mechanism.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the over-the-top signaling mechanism is effectuated using at least one of a TCP/IP mechanism, a short messaging service mechanism, or a multimedia messaging service mechanism.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensory data is transmitted to the network element using a modified channel of a Long Term Evolution network.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the transmission of the sensory data is effectuated via at least one of a physical uplink control channel, a physical uplink shared channel, or a physical random access channel of the LTE network.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the network element, a request requesting for the sensory data from the first wireless mobile device; and

transmitting, by the second wireless mobile device, the request to the first wireless mobile device.

12. A wireless mobile device comprising:

a memory; and

at least one hardware processor communicatively coupled with the memory and configured to:

establish a short-range wireless communication path with another wireless mobile device;

establish a connection with a wide area cellular network when the wireless mobile device is within range of the wide area cellular network;

receive sensory data from the another wireless mobile device via the short-range wireless communication path, wherein the sensory data is associated with multiple radio channels relative to a plurality of other wireless mobile devices disposed in a sensing area of the another wireless mobile device; and

transmit the sensory data to a network element via the wide area cellular network.

13. The wireless mobile device of claim 12 , wherein the network element comprising at least one of a base station, an evolved node, a screening node, or a channel occupancy and location database server, when the wireless mobile device is determined to be within a service coverage area of the wide area cellular network.

14. The wireless mobile device of claim 12 , wherein the sensory data associated with a particular radio channel of the multiple radio channels comprises at least one of: a location of the at least one radio element operating in the particular radio channel, an interference level of the particular radio channel, an interference signal bandwidth, a center frequency of a radio signal sensed in the particular radio channel, an type identification of a radio signal sensed in the particular radio channel, a radio access technology type associated with the particular radio channel, a network identifier associated with the particular radio channel, a transmitter identifier associated with the particular radio channel, a duty cycle of a radio signal sensed in the particular radio channel, or an expected duration of a radio signal sensed in the particular radio channel.

15. The wireless mobile device of claim 12 , wherein sensory data is detected by scanning in at least one of multiple radio frequency spectra that comprises a frequency associated with a radio access technology selected from IEEE 802.11a technology, IEEE 802.11b technology, IEEE 802.11g technology, IEEE 802.11n technology, GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network technology, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System technology, Evolution—Data Optimized technology, Code Division Multiple Access technology, Time Division Multiple Access technology, Long Term Evolution technology, HiperLan technology, HiperLan II technology, Wi-MAX technology, OpenAir technology, Bluetooth technology, or GMR-1 technology.

16. The wireless mobile device of claim 12 , wherein the sensory data is detected by scanning in a television white space spectrum.

17. The wireless mobile device of claim 12 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to:

detect sensory data associated with different multiple radio channels relative to a different plurality of other wireless mobile devices disposed in a sensing area of the wireless mobile device;

aggregate the sensory data detected by the wireless mobile device with the sensory data received from the another wireless mobile device; and

transmit the aggregated sensory data to the network element via the wide area cellular network.

18. The wireless mobile device of claim 12 , wherein the sensory data is transmitted to the network element using an over-the-top signaling mechanism.

19. The wireless mobile device of claim 18 , wherein the over-the-top signaling mechanism is effectuated using at least one of a TCP/IP mechanism, a short messaging service mechanism, or a multimedia messaging service mechanism.

20. The wireless mobile device of claim 12 , wherein the sensory data is transmitted to the network element using a modified channel of a Long Term Evolution network.

21. The wireless mobile device of claim 20 , wherein the transmission of the sensory data is effectuated via at least one of a physical uplink control channel, a physical uplink shared channel, or a physical random access channel of the LTE network.

22. The wireless mobile device of claim 12 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to:

receive, from the network element, a request requesting for the sensory data from the another wireless mobile device; and

transmit the request to the another wireless mobile device.

Assignments (8)