System and method for medium access control enabling both full-duplex and half-duplex communications
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsVaneet Aggarwal, Rittwik Jana, Christopher W. Rice, Nemmara K. Shankaranarayanan
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for a modified MAC protocol which can facilitate communications with both full-duplex and half-duplex devices. A system configured according to the disclosed method can enable communications between an Access Point (AP) and a client in either full duplex or half duplex. The system can similarly enable peer-to-peer communications in both full duplex and half duplex communication modes.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- Communicating first data on a frequency spectrum at a first rate;
- applying, via a processor, self-interference cancellation when receiving additional data on the frequency spectrum while communicating the first data;
- and
- communicating the first data on the frequency spectrum at a second rate lower than the first rate.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- communicating first data on a frequency spectrum at a first rate;
- applying self-interference cancellation when receiving second data on the frequency spectrum while communicating the first data;
- and
- communicating the first data on the frequency spectrum at a second rate lower than the first rate.
A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
- communicating first data on a frequency spectrum at a first rate;
- applying self-interference cancellation when receiving additional data on the frequency spectrum while communicating the first data;
- and
- communicating the first data on the frequency spectrum at a second rate lower than the first rate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.