Coordination And Provision Of Non-Interfering Long-Range Low-Power Wireless Communications
AssigneeMediatek Inc.
InventorYasantha Rajakarunanayake
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses pertaining to coordination and provision of non-interfering long-range low-power wireless communications may involve facilitating wireless communications among a first set of wireless devices in a first frequency band when operating in a first mode in which there is frequency overlap and no spatial overlap among the first set of wireless devices. Moreover, wireless communications may be facilitated among a second set of wireless devices in a second frequency band different from the first frequency when operating in a second mode in which there is spatial overlap and no frequency overlap among the second set of wireless devices.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- facilitating wireless communications among a first set of wireless devices in a first frequency band when operating in a first mode in which there is frequency overlap and no spatial overlap among the first set of wireless devices;
- and
- facilitating wireless communications among a second set of wireless devices in a second frequency band different from the first frequency when operating in a second mode in which there is spatial overlap and no frequency overlap among the second set of wireless devices.
A method, comprising:
- coordinating with one or more wireless access points based on a Neighbor Aware Networking (NAN) mechanism to determine one or more time slots;
- facilitating, during times other than the one or more time slots, wireless communications among a first set of wireless devices located within a first spatial range when in a first mode;
- and
- facilitating, during the one or more time slots, wireless communications among a second set of wireless devices located within a second spatial range when in a second mode,
- wherein the second spatial range is greater than the first spatial range.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a communication device configured to transmit and receive wireless signals;
- a memory configured to store one or more processor-executable codes;
- and
- a processor operatively coupled to the communication device and the memory, the processor configured to access the memory to execute the one or more processor-executable codes such that, upon executing the one or more processor-executable codes, the processor is configured to perform operations comprising:
- facilitating, via the communication device, wireless communications among a first set of wireless devices in a first frequency when operating in a first mode in which there is frequency overlap and no spatial overlap among the first set of wireless devices;
- and
- facilitating, via the communication device, wireless communications among a second set of wireless devices in a second frequency different from the first frequency when operating in a second mode in which there is spatial overlap and no frequency overlap among the second set of wireless devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.