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US 2010/0248630 A1Published application
Multi-channel management and load balancing
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsSantosh Paul Abraham, Simone Merlin, Maarten Menzo Wentink, Harnanth Sampath, Vincent Knowles Jones, IV
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Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a protocol to allow for load balancing between multiple frequency channels in a wireless communications system.
Claims31
A method for wireless communications, comprising:
- communicating with a plurality of wireless apparatuses concurrently via a plurality of frequency channels;
- transmitting, on at least a first set of the frequency channels, a message containing information regarding traffic loading of one or more of the frequency channels;
- receiving, from a first one or more of the wireless apparatuses, a request to switch from the first set of frequency channels to a second set of frequency channels;
- and
- receiving data from the first wireless apparatus via the second set of frequency channels.
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A method for wireless communications, comprising:
- communicating with an apparatus via a first set of one or more frequency channels;
- receiving, from the apparatus on the first set of frequency channels, a message containing information regarding traffic loading of one or more of the frequency channels;
- transmitting, to the apparatus, a request to switch from the first set of frequency channels to a second set of one or more frequency channels;
- and
- transmitting data via the second set of frequency channels.
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An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
- a device configured to communicate with a plurality of wireless apparatuses concurrently via a plurality of frequency channels;
- a transmitter configured to transmit, on at least a first one of the frequency channels, a message containing information regarding traffic loading of one or more of the frequency channels;
- and
- a receiver configured to:
- receive, from a first one or more of the wireless apparatuses, a request to switch from the first frequency channel to a second frequency channel;
- and
- receive data from the first wireless apparatus via the second frequency channel.
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An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
- a device configured to communicate with another apparatus via a first of a plurality of frequency channels;
- a receiver configured to receive, from the other apparatus on the first frequency channel, a message containing information regarding traffic loading of one or more of the frequency channels;
- and
- a transmitter configured to:
- transmit, to the other apparatus, a request to switch from the first frequency channel to a second frequency channel;
- and
- transmit data via the second frequency channel.
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An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
- means for communicating with a plurality of wireless apparatuses concurrently via a plurality of frequency channels;
- means for transmitting, on at least a first one of the frequency channels, a message containing information regarding traffic loading of one or more of the frequency channels;
- and
- means for receiving configured to:
- receive, from a first one or more of the wireless apparatuses, a request to switch from the first frequency channel to a second frequency channel;
- and
- receive data from the first wireless apparatus via the second frequency channel.
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An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
- means for communicating with another apparatus via a first of a plurality of frequency channels;
- means for receiving, from the other apparatus on the first frequency channel, a message containing information regarding traffic loading of one or more of the frequency channels;
- and
- means for transmitting configured to:
- transmit, to the other apparatus, a request to switch from the first frequency channel to a second frequency channel;
- and
- transmit data via the second frequency channel.
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A computer-program product for wireless communications, comprising a computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable to:
- communicate with a plurality of wireless apparatuses concurrently via a plurality of frequency channels;
- transmit, on at least a first one of the frequency channels, a message containing information regarding traffic loading of one or more of the frequency channels;
- receive, from a first one or more of the wireless apparatuses, a request to switch from the first frequency channel to a second frequency channel;
- and
- receive data from the first wireless apparatus via the second frequency channel.
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A computer-program product for wireless communications, comprising a computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable to:
- communicate with an via a first of a plurality of frequency channels;
- receive, from the access point on the first frequency channel, a message containing information regarding traffic loading of one or more of the frequency channels;
- transmit, to the access point, a request to switch from the first frequency channel to a second frequency channel;
- and
- transmit data via the second frequency channel.
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A wireless node, comprising:
- at least one antenna;
- a device configured to communicate, via the at least one antenna, with a plurality of wireless apparatuses concurrently via a plurality of frequency channels;
- and
- a transmitter configured to transmit via the at least one antenna, on at least a first one of the frequency channels, a message containing information regarding traffic loading of one or more of the frequency channels;
- a receiver configured to:
- receive via the at least one antenna, from a first one or more of the wireless apparatuses, a request to switch from the first frequency channel to a second frequency channel;
- and
- receive via at least one antenna data from the first wireless apparatus via the second frequency channel.
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A wireless node, comprising:
- at least one antenna;
- a device configured to communicate, via the at least one antenna, with an access point via a first of a plurality of frequency channels;
- a receiver configured to receive via the at least one antenna, from the access point on the first frequency channel, a message containing information regarding traffic loading of one or more of the frequency channels;
- and
- a transmitter configured to:
- transmit via the at least one antenna, to the access point, a request to switch from the first frequency channel to a second frequency channel;
- and
- transmit via the at least one antenna data via the second frequency channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.