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US 10,321,487 B2Granted
Technique for increasing throughput for channel bonding
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsAmichai Sanderovich, Mordechay Aharon, Alecsander Petru Eitan
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Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for performing communications using a bonded channel across multiple channels.
Claims18
An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
- a processing system configured to generate a first frame that requests a wireless node to adjust its receive antenna configuration from an omni mode to a directed mode associated with a bonded channel;
- and
- an interface configured to output the first frame for transmission to the wireless node via at least one of a plurality of channels that form the bonded channel;
- wherein
- the processing system is further configured to generate at least one request to send (RTS) frame, and
- the interface is further configured to output the at least one RTS frame for transmission to the wireless node via the bonded channel.
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An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
- an interface configured to obtain a first frame via at least one of a plurality of channels that form a bonded channel;
- and
- a processing system configured to place the apparatus in a first receiver mode associated with the bonded channel after obtaining the first frame;
- wherein
- the interface is also configured to obtain at least one request to send (RTS) frame via the bonded channel while the apparatus is in the first receiver mode.
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An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
- an interface configured to obtain, from a wireless node, a separate request to send (RTS) frame via each of a plurality of channels that form a bonded channel;
- and
- a processing system configured to combine signals related to the separate RTS frames obtained via the plurality of channels that comprises generating log likelihood ratios (LLRs) based on signals related to each of the RTS frames and combining the LLRs;
- wherein the processing system is further configured to perform RTS frame detection based on the combined signals;
- and
- wherein the processing system is further configured to process a detected RTS frame to determine whether the apparatus is an intended recipient of the detected RTS frame, to generate a clear to send (CTS) frame if the apparatus is the intended recipient, or to avoid causing transmissions on the bonded channel for a duration if the apparatus is not the intended recipient.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.