Channel selection at small cell access points based on detection of hidden nodes
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsSuhas MITRA, Ahmed Kamel SADEK
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Abstract
Techniques for managing communications are disclosed. The management may comprise, for example, monitoring a shared channel for downlink transmissions associated with a first Radio Access Technologies (RAT) and uplink transmissions associated with the first RAT, identifying a first set of node identifiers associated with the downlink transmissions on the shared channel and a second set of node identifiers associated with the uplink transmissions on the shared channel, and detecting a hidden node operating on the shared channel based on the first set of node identifiers and the second set of node identifiers.
Claims30
A communications apparatus, comprising:
- a transceiver configured to monitor thea shared channel for downlink transmissions associated with a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and uplink transmissions associated with the first RAT;
- a processor configured to:
- identify a first set of node identifiers (NIDs) associated with the downlink transmissions on the shared channel and a second set of NIDs associated with the uplink transmissions on the shared channel;
- and
- detect a hidden node operating on the shared channel based on the first set of NIDs and the second set of NIDs;
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- memory coupled to the processor and configured to store data, instructions, or a combination thereof.
A communications method, comprising:
- monitoring a shared channel for downlink transmissions associated with a first Radio Access Technology (RATS and uplink transmissions associated with the first RAT;
- identifying a first set of node identifiers (NIDs) associated with the downlink transmissions on the shared channel and a second set of NIDs associated with the uplink transmissions on the shared channel;
- and
- detecting a hidden node operating on the shared channel based on the first set of NIDs and the second set of NIDs.
A communications apparatus, comprising:
- means for monitoring a shared channel for downlink transmissions associated with a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and uplink transmissions associated with the first RAT;
- means for identifying a first set of node identifiers (NIDs) associated with the downlink transmissions on the shared channel and a second set of NIDs associated with the uplink transmissions on the shared channel;
- and
- means for detecting a hidden node operating on the shared channel based on the first set of NIDs and the second set of NIDs.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code for causing a processor to perform processes comprising:
- code for monitoring a shared channel for downlink transmissions associated with a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and uplink transmissions associated with the first RAT;
- code for identifying a first set of node identifiers (NIDs) associated with the downlink transmissions on the shared channel and a second set of NIDs associated with the uplink transmissions on the shared channel;
- and
- code for detecting a hidden node operating on the shared channel based on the first set of NIDs and the second set of NIDs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.