US 2013/0170380 A1 · ADAPTING A COMMUNICATION NETWORK TO VARYING CONDITIONS

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for adapting a communication system to varying conditions. Using some form of discovery protocol, the communication standards supported by at least two communicants are determined. Each communicant may then periodically monitor the quality of the channel established by the communication standard and dynamically select a set of one or more communication standards to use for communicating. Further, when communicants share common non-standard parameterized implementations of communication standards, changes to the protocols which the communication standards comprise can be used to add options for a more dynamic response to changing conditions than is possible when adhering only to an established communication standard.

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Dependent claims

A method performed on a first communication device, the method comprising:

sending to a second communication device an indication of at least one communication standard along with various parameters supported by the at least one communication standard, where at least a portion of the various parameters are configured for including data from a set comprising error correction scheme parameters and modulation scheme parameters;
establishing, in conjunction with the second communication device, a channel between the first communication device and the second communication device in accordance with one of the sent at least one communication standard and corresponding parameters of the sent various parameters;
and
repeating the sending and the establishing in response to conditions associated with the established channel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Adapting a communication network to varying conditions

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Adapting a communication network to varying conditions

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Abstract

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