Wireless communication system and method of operating in the presence of a radar system
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsJiewen Liu, Chih Tsien
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Abstract
A managing wireless communication device assigns channels of a channel set to associated wireless communication devices. The associated wireless communication devices monitor the assigned channels for in-band signals including radar signals and report detections to the managing wireless communication device. The managing wireless communication device resets a timer associated with a channel when a report is received from one of the associated wireless communication devices. The timer may indicate how long the associated channel has been radar free.
Claims43
A managing wireless communication device comprising:
- processing circuitry to assign channels of a channel set to associated wireless communication devices, wherein the associated wireless communication devices are to monitor the assigned channels for in-band signals including radar signals;
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- a plurality of timers associated with channels of the channel set, the timers indicating how long an associated channel has been at least one of either in-band signal free or radar-free.
A method comprising:
- assigning channels of a channel set to associated wireless communication devices currently associated with a managing wireless communication device, the associated wireless communication devices to monitor the assigned channels for at least one of either in-band signals or radar signals;
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- resetting a timer for one of the channels when a report is received from one of the associated wireless communication devices indicating that either an in-band signal or a radar signal has been detected on the one channel.
A wireless communication device comprising:
- a transceiver to communicate with a managing wireless communication device;
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- processing circuitry to identify at least one of either in-band signals or radar signals on one or more assigned channels of a channel set received through the transceiver, wherein the transceiver is to transmit a report to the managing wireless communication device indicating that either an in-band signal or a radar signal has been detected on one of the assigned channels.
A method comprising:
- monitoring assigned channels for at least one of either in-band signals or radar signals;
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- transmitting a report to a managing wireless communication device when either an in-band signal or a radar signal is detected on one of the assigned channels.
A system comprising:
- an managing wireless communication device;
- and
- a plurality of associated wireless communication devices which communicate with the managing wireless communication device over a current operating channel of a channel set,
- wherein the managing wireless communication device comprises:
- processing circuitry to assign channels of the channel set to the associated wireless communication devices;
- and
- a plurality of timers associated with channels of the channel set, the timers indicating how long an associated channel has been signal-free, and
- wherein the associated wireless communication devices are to monitor the assigned channels for at least one of either in-band signals or radar signals.
A system comprising:
- a substantially omnidirectional antenna;
- a managing wireless communication device that communicates with a plurality of associated wireless communication devices using the antenna, wherein the managing wireless communication device comprises:
- processing circuitry to assign channels of a channel set to the associated wireless communication devices currently associated with the wireless communication device;
- and
- a plurality of timers associated with channels of the channel set, the timers indicating how long an associated channel has been signal-free,
- wherein the associated wireless communication devices are to monitor the assigned channels for at least one of either in-band signals or radar signals.
A machine-accessible medium that provides instructions, which when accessed, cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
- assigning channels of a channel set to associated wireless communication devices currently associated with a wireless communication device, the associated wireless communication devices to monitor the assigned channels for at least one of either in-band signals or radar signals;
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- resetting a timer for one of the channels when a report is received from one of the associated wireless communication devices indicating that either an in-band signal or a radar signal has been detected on the one channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.