US 2018/0124785 A1Published application

Channel Structure for Communication in Wireless Networks

AssigneeItron, Inc.

InventorsJames Laurence Taylor, Jerome Bartier, Keith Barnes, Thomas Uhling

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Abstract

Techniques for communicating channel data regarding a channel plan are described herein. For example, a device may communicate a channel information element that includes a tag indicating a first operating context to which to apply channel data regarding a channel plan. The channel information element may also include a reference tag to indicate whether the channel data is contained in the channel information element or has been previously received and/or to identify a second operating context associated with previously received channel data. If the reference tag indicates that the channel data is contained in the channel information element, the channel data may be extracted from the channel information element and applied to the first operating context. If the reference tag indicates that the channel data has been previously received, the previously received channel data may be accessed and applied to the first operating context.

Claims20

Dependent claims

One or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed, instruct a processing unit to perform operations comprising:

wirelessly receiving, by a first node of a wireless network and from a second node of the wireless network, a first communication including a channel information element, each of the first node and the second node comprising a full function device or a limited function device, the channel information element including:
a tag indicating a first operating context to which to apply channel data, the channel data indicating at least one of a channel plan, a generator function, a channel spacing, or a list of channels;
and
a reference tag including one or more reference bits to (i) indicate whether the channel data is contained in the channel information element or has been previously received and/or (ii) identify a second operating context associated with previously received channel data to be used as the channel data;
in the event that the reference tag indicates that the channel data is contained in the channel information element, extracting the channel data from the channel information element and applying the extracted channel data to the first operating context;
in the event that the reference tag indicates that the channel data has been previously received, accessing the previously received channel data and applying the previously received channel data to the first operating context;
and
based at least in part on the first operating context:
listening, by the first node, for a second communication from the second node;
or
sending, by the first node, the second communication to the second node.

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A method of setting a channel structure, the method comprising:

wirelessly receiving, by a first node of a wireless network and from a second node of the wireless network, a first communication including a channel information element, each of the first node and the second node comprising a full function device or a limited function device, the channel information element including:
a tag indicating a first operating context to which to apply channel data, the channel data including at least one of a channel plan, a generator function, a channel spacing, or a list of channels;
and
a reference tag including one or more reference bits to (i) indicate whether the channel data is contained in the channel information element or has been previously received and/or (ii) identify a second operating context associated with previously received channel data to be used as the channel data;
using, by the first node, the channel information element to apply the channel data to the first operating context;
and
based at least in part on the first operating context:
listening, by the first node, for a second communication from the second node;
or
sending, by the first node, the second communication from the second node.

7 more elements

A node comprising:

a radio configured to transmit a first communication including a channel information element, the node comprising a full function device or a limited function device;
one or more processors communicatively coupled to the radio;
and
memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
generating the channel information element, the channel information element including:
a tag indicating a first operating context to which to apply channel data;
and
a reference tag including one or more reference bits to (i) indicate whether the channel data is contained in the channel information element or has been previously received and/or (ii) identify a second operating context associated with previously received channel data to be used as the channel data;
and
causing the radio to listen for or transmit a second communication based at least in part on the first operating context and the channel data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/395,743Filed 30 Dec 2016
Priority: 27 Oct 2016
Published: 3 May 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification34 codes

H04Q 9/04
Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus…:…
H04L 43/16
Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks: threshold monitoring
H04L 67/12
Protocols: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in…
H04W 4/06
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia…