Zone Identifier Encoding for Shared Spectrum Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current Licensed Shared Access (LSA) technologies face challenges in efficiently managing shared spectrum resources across varying geographical zones due to limitations in zone identifier encoding and decoding, particularly in legacy systems, which affects the allocation and prioritization of spectrum usage.
Innovation Solution
The development of a zone identifier encoding and decoding process that uses a hexadecimal format to represent geographical zones, allowing for flexible grid sizes and supporting mixed grid configurations, enabling efficient communication and management of shared spectrum resources across different zones.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If legacy zone identifier encoding methods are used, then system compatibility is maintained, but flexibility in grid size and zone configuration is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by transitioning from legacy encoding formats to hexadecimal format for zone identifiers. This change in representation parameter enables the system to accommodate variable grid sizes and mixed grid configurations while maintaining a structured encoding approach. The hexadecimal format allows for efficient representation of diverse geographical zone structures without requiring complete redesign of the encoding framework.
2Productivity
If hexadecimal format is used for zone identifiers, then efficiency in spectrum resource management is improved, but implementation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The hexadecimal format for zone identifiers serves multiple functions simultaneously: it enables efficient representation of geographical zones, supports variable grid sizes, facilitates spectrum resource allocation, and maintains compatibility with existing systems. This universal approach allows the same encoding mechanism to handle diverse scenarios without requiring separate specialized formats for different configurations.
3Measurement precision
If detailed zone identification is implemented, then precision in spectrum allocation is improved, but information processing overhead increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential information needed for zone identification into a compact hexadecimal format. Rather than transmitting or processing complete geographical coordinate data, the system extracts the critical zone identifier information into an efficient hexadecimal representation, reducing information processing overhead while maintaining sufficient precision for spectrum resource allocation purposes.
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AI summary
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatus, system and/or method of communicating a zone identifier. For example, an apparatus to be used in a first device for management of shared spectrum resources may include logic and circuitry configured to cause the first device to encode a zone identifier (ID) based on location information of a geographical zone, the zone ID including one or more zone ID character strings having a string length, which is based on a grid size of the geographical zone; and to send a message to a second device, the message including the zone ID and shared spectrum resource management information corresponding to the geographical zone.