Patents by Inventor KURT SCHAUBACH

KURT SCHAUBACH has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240137773
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying shareable airborne radar spectrum are disclosed. The system may include an Airborne Radar Sensing Capability (AR-SC) system that performs a method including: receiving, from a sensor, information indicative of an active airborne radar, the information comprising at least: an identification of the sensor; determining one or more frequencies affected by the active airborne radar; and determining whether the active airborne radar is associated with a specific aircraft; if the active airborne radar is associated with a specific aircraft: determining a location of the aircraft; and reporting, to a spectrum controller, (i) the one or more affected frequencies, and (ii) the location of the aircraft; if the active airborne radar is not associated with a specific aircraft: reporting, to a spectrum controller, the one or more affected frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Federated Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: James NEEL, Kurt SCHAUBACH
  • Patent number: 11882585
    Abstract: Methods are provided for managing frequency channels in a shared spectrum available to a radio local access network (RLAN) access point (AP) in a wireless network. The methods may comprise receiving a request for channel availability from the RLAN AP to access the shared spectrum, computing, based on a plurality of parameters associated with the RLAN AP, an RLAN service area (RSA) associated with the RLAN AP, retrieving one or more incumbent protection contours (IPCs) associated with one or more incumbent users in the wireless network, identifying an IPC, among the one or more retrieved IPCs, that overlaps with the RSA associated with the RLAN AP, determining, based on the identified IPC, available frequency information corresponding to the received request for channel availability, and transmitting, to the RLAN AP, a channel availability response comprising the available frequency information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: FEDERATED WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Samuel Jay Macmullan, Michael Oliver Ghorbanzadeh, James Ni, Kurt Schaubach
  • Publication number: 20220256547
    Abstract: Methods are provided for managing frequency channels in a shared spectrum available to a radio local access network (RLAN) access point (AP) in a wireless network. The methods may comprise receiving a request for channel availability from the RLAN AP to access the shared spectrum, computing, based on a plurality of parameters associated with the RLAN AP, an RLAN service area (RSA) associated with the RLAN AP, retrieving one or more incumbent protection contours (IPCs) associated with one or more incumbent users in the wireless network, identifying an IPC, among the one or more retrieved IPCs, that overlaps with the RSA associated with the RLAN AP, determining, based on the identified IPC, available frequency information corresponding to the received request for channel availability, and transmitting, to the RLAN AP, a channel availability response comprising the available frequency information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Federated Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Jay MACMULLAN, Michael Oliver GHORBANZADEH, James NI, Kurt SCHAUBACH
  • Patent number: 11405934
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include systems, methods, and a radio resource controller that may receive a request for radio resources from a user device. Disclosed embodiments may also determine a value ascribed to the requested radio resources. The ascribed value may reflect at least a qualitative or quantitative importance of the requested radio resources to a user of the user device. Additionally, disclosed embodiments may schedule radio resources based on the ascribed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: FEDERATED WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Mitola, III, Kurt Schaubach
  • Patent number: 11350424
    Abstract: Methods are provided for managing frequency channels in a shared spectrum available to a radio local access network (RLAN) access point (AP) in a wireless network. The methods may comprise receiving a request for channel availability from the RLAN AP to access the shared spectrum, computing, based on a plurality of parameters associated with the RLAN AP, an RLAN service area (RSA) associated with the RLAN AP, retrieving one or more incumbent protection contours (IPCs) associated with one or more incumbent users in the wireless network, identifying an IPC, among the one or more retrieved IPCs, that overlaps with the RSA associated with the RLAN AP, determining, based on the identified IPC, available frequency information corresponding to the received request for channel availability, and transmitting, to the RLAN AP, a channel availability response comprising the available frequency information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Federated Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Jay Macmullan, Michael Oliver Ghorbanzadeh, James Ni, Kurt Schaubach
  • Patent number: 11252574
    Abstract: Improved techniques are provided for managing frequency channels in a shared spectrum available to a radio local access network device (RLAN) in a wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: FEDERATED WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Samuel Jay Macmullan, Michael Oliver Ghorbanzadeh, James Ni, Kurt Schaubach
  • Patent number: 11234135
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for managing frequency access in a shared spectrum available to a radio local access network (RLAN) in a wireless network. A shared spectrum system may perform operations including retrieving a plurality of parameters for one or more high-priority users in the wireless network; computing, based on the retrieved parameters, a plurality of interference-to-noise power ratio (I/N) contours; storing the plurality of I/N contours in a database; receiving, from an RLAN device in the wireless network, a request for spectrum availability, wherein the received request includes at least a first value; extracting, based on the first value in the request for spectrum availability, an I/N contour from the database matching RLAN parameters; determining, based on the extracted I/N contour, available frequency information corresponding to the received request for spectrum availability; and transmitting, to the RLAN device, the available frequency information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: FEDERATED WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Samuel Jay Macmullan, Michael Oliver Ghorbanzadeh, James Ni, Kurt Schaubach
  • Patent number: 11212812
    Abstract: A method of allocating resources in a first wireless system, wherein the first wireless system shares a frequency spectrum with a second wireless system, is described. The method comprises detecting a level of interference to the second wireless system caused by the first wireless system on a first frequency within the spectrum; determining if transmission on the first frequency should be restricted based on the level of interference; and restricting transmissions in the first system on the first frequency if it was determined that transmission on the first frequency should be restricted while allowing normal use of the remaining portions of the frequency spectrum to continue in the first system. A system for allocating resources in a first wireless system, wherein the first wireless system shares a frequency spectrum with a second wireless system, is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Federated Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Masoud Olfat, Kurt Schaubach
  • Publication number: 20210144724
    Abstract: Methods are provided for managing frequency channels in a shared spectrum available to a radio local access network (RLAN) access point (AP) in a wireless network. The methods may comprise receiving a request for channel availability from the RLAN AP to access the shared spectrum, computing, based on a plurality of parameters associated with the RLAN AP, an RLAN service area (RSA) associated with the RLAN AP, retrieving one or more incumbent protection contours (IPCs) associated with one or more incumbent users in the wireless network, identifying an IPC, among the one or more retrieved IPCs, that overlaps with the RSA associated with the RLAN AP, determining, based on the identified IPC, available frequency information corresponding to the received request for channel availability, and transmitting, to the RLAN AP, a channel availability response comprising the available frequency information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Federated Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Jay MACMULLAN, Michael Oliver GHORBANZADEH, James NI, Kurt SCHAUBACH
  • Publication number: 20200359229
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for managing frequency access in a shared spectrum available to a radio local access network (RLAN) in a wireless network. A shared spectrum system may perform operations including retrieving a plurality of parameters for one or more high-priority users in the wireless network; computing, based on the retrieved parameters, a plurality of interference-to-noise power ratio (I/N) contours; storing the plurality of I/N contours in a database; receiving, from an RLAN device in the wireless network, a request for spectrum availability, wherein the received request includes at least a first value; extracting, based on the first value in the request for spectrum availability, an I/N contour from the database matching RLAN parameters; determining, based on the extracted I/N contour, available frequency information corresponding to the received request for spectrum availability; and transmitting, to the RLAN device, the available frequency information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Federated Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Jay Macmullan, Michael Oliver Ghorbanzadeh, James Ni, Kurt Schaubach
  • Publication number: 20200260289
    Abstract: Improved techniques are provided for managing frequency channels in a shared spectrum available to a radio local access network device (RLAN) in a wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Federated Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Jay MACMULLAN, Michael Oliver GHORBANZADEH, James NI, Kurt SCHAUBACH
  • Publication number: 20200236690
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include systems, methods, and a radio resource controller that may receive a request for radio resources from a user device. Disclosed embodiments may also determine a value ascribed to the requested radio resources. The ascribed value may reflect at least a qualitative or quantitative importance of the requested radio resources to a user of the user device. Additionally, disclosed embodiments may schedule radio resources based on the ascribed value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Federated Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Mitola, III, Kurt Schaubach
  • Publication number: 20200187214
    Abstract: A method of allocating resources in a first wireless system, wherein the first wireless system shares a frequency spectrum with a second wireless system, is described. The method comprises detecting a level of interference to the second wireless system caused by the first wireless system on a first frequency within the spectrum; determining if transmission on the first frequency should be restricted based on the level of interference; and restricting transmissions in the first system on the first frequency if it was determined that transmission on the first frequency should be restricted while allowing normal use of the remaining portions of the frequency spectrum to continue in the first system. A system for allocating resources in a first wireless system, wherein the first wireless system shares a frequency spectrum with a second wireless system, is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Federated Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Masoud Olfat, Kurt Schaubach
  • Patent number: 10624103
    Abstract: A method of allocating resources in a first wireless system, wherein the first wireless system shares a frequency spectrum with a second wireless system, is described. The method comprises detecting a level of interference to the second wireless system caused by the first wireless system on a first frequency within the spectrum; determining if transmission on the first frequency should be restricted based on the level of interference; and restricting transmissions in the first system on the first frequency if it was determined that transmission on the first frequency should be restricted while allowing normal use of the remaining portions of the frequency spectrum to continue in the first system. A system for allocating resources in a first wireless system, wherein the first wireless system shares a frequency spectrum with a second wireless system, is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Federated Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Masoud Olfat, Kurt Schaubach
  • Patent number: 10548150
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include systems, methods, and a radio resource controller that may receive a request for radio resources from a user device. Disclosed embodiments may also determine a value ascribed to the requested radio resources. The ascribed value may reflect at least a qualitative or quantitative importance of the requested radio resources to a user of the user device. Additionally, disclosed embodiments may schedule radio resources based on the ascribed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Federated Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Mitola, III, Kurt Schaubach
  • Publication number: 20190053246
    Abstract: A method of allocating resources in a first wireless system, wherein the first wireless system shares a frequency spectrum with a second wireless system, is described. The method comprises detecting a level of interference to the second wireless system caused by the first wireless system on a first frequency within the spectrum; determining if transmission on the first frequency should be restricted based on the level of interference; and restricting transmissions in the first system on the first frequency if it was determined that transmission on the first frequency should be restricted while allowing normal use of the remaining portions of the frequency spectrum to continue in the first system. A system for allocating resources in a first wireless system, wherein the first wireless system shares a frequency spectrum with a second wireless system, is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: Federated Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Masoud OLFAT, Kurt SCHAUBACH
  • Patent number: 10128898
    Abstract: An improved technique for detecting the presence or absence of one or more predetermined signals in a shared spectrum. In accordance with the disclosed embodiments, a received RF signal may be down-converted to a baseband signal, which is subsequently processed by a spectrum sensor to detect the presence or absence of a predetermined signal, such as a predetermined radar signal. The spectrum sensor may transform the baseband signal to the frequency domain, for example using a fast Fourier transform, to generate a corresponding set of frequency components. The spectrum sensor multiplies the frequency components of the baseband signal with the frequency response of a matched filter having a set of coefficients corresponding to the predetermined signal. The spectrum sensor may convert the matched-filter output signal to the time domain, for example using an inverse fast Fourier transform, and then may determine a value indicative of the signal power that it compares with a known threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: FEDERATED WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Samuel Jay Macmullan, Etty Lee, Jeff Winston, Rohan Grover, Kurt Schaubach
  • Patent number: 10117256
    Abstract: A method of allocating resources in a first wireless system, wherein the first wireless system shares a frequency spectrum with a second wireless system, is described. The method comprises detecting a level of interference to the second wireless system caused by the first wireless system on a first frequency within the spectrum; determining if transmission on the first frequency should be restricted based on the level of interference; and restricting transmissions in the first system on the first frequency if it was determined that transmission on the first frequency should be restricted while allowing normal use of the remaining portions of the frequency spectrum to continue in the first system. A system for allocating resources in a first wireless system, wherein the first wireless system shares a frequency spectrum with a second wireless system, is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Federated Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Masoud Olfat, Kurt Schaubach
  • Publication number: 20170302329
    Abstract: An improved technique for detecting the presence or absence of one or more predetermined signals in a shared spectrum. In accordance with the disclosed embodiments, a received RF signal may be down-converted to a baseband signal, which is subsequently processed by a spectrum sensor to detect the presence or absence of a predetermined signal, such as a predetermined radar signal. The spectrum sensor may transform the baseband signal to the frequency domain, for example using a fast Fourier transform, to generate a corresponding set of frequency components. The spectrum sensor multiplies the frequency components of the baseband signal with the frequency response of a matched filter having a set of coefficients corresponding to the predetermined signal. The spectrum sensor may convert the matched-filter output signal to the time domain, for example using an inverse fast Fourier transform, and then may determine a value indicative of the signal power that it compares with a known threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Samuel Jay Macmullan, Etty Lee, Jeff Winston, Rohan Grover, Kurt Schaubach
  • Patent number: 9647719
    Abstract: An improved technique for detecting the presence or absence of one or more predetermined signals in a shared spectrum. In accordance with the disclosed embodiments, a received RF signal may be down-converted to a baseband signal, which is subsequently processed by a spectrum sensor to detect the presence or absence of a predetermined signal, such as a predetermined radar signal. The spectrum sensor may transform the baseband signal to the frequency domain, for example using a fast Fourier transform, to generate a corresponding set of frequency components. The spectrum sensor multiplies the frequency components of the baseband signal with the frequency response of a matched filter having a set of coefficients corresponding to the predetermined signal. The spectrum sensor may convert the matched-filter output signal to the time domain, for example using an inverse fast Fourier transform, and then may determine a value indicative of the signal power that it compares with a known threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Federated Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Jay MacMullan, Etty Lee, Jeff Winston, Rohan Grover, Kurt Schaubach