System and method for medium access control enabling both full-duplex and half-duplex communications
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsVaneet Aggarwal, Rittwik Jana, Christopher W. Rice, Nemmara K. Shankaranarayanan
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for a modified MAC protocol which can facilitate communications with both full-duplex and half-duplex devices. A system configured according to the disclosed method can enable communications between an Access Point (AP) and a client in either full duplex or half duplex. The system can similarly enable peer-to-peer communications in both full duplex and half duplex communication modes.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- communicating first transmission data at a first rate on a common frequency spectrum, the first transmission data comprising part of data-to-be-communicated;
- and
- upon receiving a received-data in the common frequency spectrum while communicating the first transmission data:
- stopping communication of the first transmission data at a current frame;
- dropping the current frame of the first transmission data;
- initializing a second transmission data, the second transmission data comprising part of the data-to-be-communicated, a first frame of the second transmission data comprising a following frame which immediately follows the current frame of the first transmission data;
- and
- communicating the second transmission data at a reduced rate on the common frequency spectrum.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by
- the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- communicating first transmission data at a first rate on a common frequency spectrum, the first transmission data comprising part of data-to-be-communicated;
- and
- upon receiving a received-data in the common frequency spectrum while communicating the first transmission data:
- stopping communication of the first transmission data at a current frame;
- dropping the current frame of the first transmission data;
- initializing a second transmission data, the second transmission data comprising part of the data-to-be-communicated, a first frame of the second transmission data comprising a following frame which immediately follows the current frame of the first transmission data;
- and
- communicating the second transmission data at a reduced rate on the common frequency spectrum.
A computer-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- communicating first transmission data at a first rate on a common frequency spectrum, the first transmission data comprising part of data-to-be-communicated;
- and
- upon receiving a received-data in the common frequency spectrum while communicating the first transmission data:
- stopping communication of the first transmission data at a current frame;
- dropping the current frame of the first transmission data;
- initializing a second transmission data, the second transmission data comprising part of the data-to-be-communicated, a first frame of the second transmission data comprising a following frame which immediately follows the current frame of the first transmission data;
- and
- communicating the second transmission data at a reduced rate on the common frequency spectrum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.