Method and system for wireless communication using out-of-band channels
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHuai-Rong Shao, Harkirat Singh, Xiangping Qin, Chiu Ngo
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Abstract
A method and system for ad-hoc wireless communication using out-of-band control channels is provided. An out-of-band control channel is scanned to discover a wireless station. Channel occupation information is communicated with the discovered station. A communication channel is selected based on the occupation information, and may be used for ad-hoc mode information communication with the discovered station.
Claims41
A method of wireless communication, comprising:
- scanning an out-of-band wireless channel to discover a wireless station;
- communicating channel occupation information with the discovered station;
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- selecting an in-band wireless channel based on the occupation information for information communication with the discovered station.
A wireless communication station, comprising:
- an out-of-band communication module configured for scanning an out-of-band communication channel to discover a wireless station and communicating control information over the out-of-band channel;
- an in-band communication module configured for information communication over an in-band communication channel;
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- a convergence module configured for communicating channel occupation information with the discovered station to select an in-band for in-band communication with the discovered station via the in-band communication module.
A program product stored on a computer useable medium for wireless communication, the program product comprising program code for causing a processor of a wireless station to perform the following steps:
- scanning an out-of-band wireless channel to discover a wireless station;
- communicating channel occupation information with the discovered station;
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- selecting an in-band wireless channel based on the occupation information for information communication with the discovered station.
A wireless communication system, comprising:
- a wireless discovering station and a wireless partner station;
- the discovering station comprising:
- an out-of-band communication module configured for scanning an out-of-band communication channel to discover a partner station and communicating control information over the out-of-band channel;
- an in-band communication module configured for information communication over an in-band communication channel;
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- a convergence module configured for communicating channel occupation information with the partner station to select an in-band channel for in-band communication with the partner station via the in-band communication module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.