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US 2013/0294289 A1Published application
Communication between wireless networks
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsJarkko Kneckt, Eng Hwee Ong, Mika Kasslin, Janne Marin
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and a computer program are presented for utilizing, by a wireless communication apparatus of a first network, a proxy apparatus of a second network, wherein the channels of the two networks overlap. The proxy apparatus is used to reserve the overlapping channels also in the second network so as to protect data transmissions in the first network and to avoid collisions.
Claims21
1-27. (canceled)
A method, comprising:
- identifying, in a wireless communication apparatus of a first network having a first set of frequency channels, a proxy apparatus of a second network having a second set of frequency channels, wherein the second set of frequency channels overlaps at least partially with the first set of frequency channels;
- causing the wireless communication apparatus to transmit a transmission request message to the identified proxy apparatus on at least a primary channel of the first network and on a primary channel of the second network;
- receiving a transmission response message from the proxy apparatus as a response to the transmission request message;
- and
- upon reception of the transmission response message, causing the wireless communication apparatus to transmit data to a receiver apparatus of the first network.
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A method, comprising:
- configuring a wireless communication apparatus of a first network to operate in a proxy mode in which the wireless communication apparatus communicates with wireless communication apparatuses of a second network, wherein a set of frequency channels of the first network overlaps with a set of frequency channels of the second network;
- receiving, from a transmitter apparatus of the second network at least on the primary channel of the first network, a transmission request message querying availability of at least said primary channel for data transmission;
- causing the wireless communication apparatus to transmit a transmission response message as a response to the transmission response message to the transmitter apparatus at least on the primary channel of the first network, wherein the transmission response message indicates at least one channel the proxy apparatus has detected as available for the data transmission.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including a computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to:
- identify, for a wireless communication apparatus of a first network having a first set of frequency channels, a proxy apparatus of a second network having a second set of frequency channels, wherein the second set of frequency channels overlaps at least partially with the first set of frequency channels;
- cause the wireless communication apparatus to transmit a transmission request message to the identified proxy apparatus on at least a primary channel of the first network and on a primary channel of the second network;
- receive a transmission response message from the proxy apparatus as a response to the transmission request message;
- and
- upon reception of the transmission response message, cause the wireless communication apparatus to transmit data to a receiver apparatus of the first network.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including a computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to:
- configure a wireless communication apparatus of a first network to operate in a proxy mode in which the wireless communication apparatus communicates with wireless communication apparatuses of a second network, wherein a set of frequency channels of the first network overlaps with a set of frequency channels of the second network;
- receive, from a transmitter apparatus of the second network at least on the primary channel of the first network, a transmission request message querying availability of at least said primary channel for data transmission;
- cause the wireless communication apparatus to transmit a transmission response message as a response to the transmission response message to the transmitter apparatus at least on the primary channel of the first network, wherein the transmission response message indicates at least one channel the proxy apparatus has detected as available for the data transmission.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.