公开(公告)号：US08077638B2

公开(公告)日：2011-12-13

申请号：US12146888

申请日：2008-06-26

申请人： Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Xinzhou Wu ,  Sanjay Shakkottai

发明人： Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Xinzhou Wu ,  Sanjay Shakkottai

IPC分类号： H04J1/16 ,  H04L12/56

CPC分类号： H04W4/20

摘要： Methods and apparatus related to scheduling traffic slots in a wireless communications system, e.g., an ad hoc peer to peer communications network are described. An implemented timing structure includes multiple traffic transmission slots and multiple request blocks with different priorities corresponding to a traffic transmission slot. A wireless terminal determines its own block priority level. If a wireless terminal's determined block priority level is the highest block priority level the wireless terminal is allowed to transmit a traffic transmission request in the highest traffic transmission request block; otherwise, the wireless terminal is restricted from transmitting a traffic transmission request in the highest priority request block. A wireless terminal monitors for request and/or request response activity corresponding to other connections high priority block signaling, and uses the collected information to determine its own block priority.

摘要翻译： 描述了在无线通信系统（例如，自组织对等通信网络）中调度业务时隙的方法和装置。 实施的定时结构包括多个业务传输时隙和具有与业务传输时隙对应的不同优先级的多个请求块。 无线终端确定其自身的块优先级。 如果无线终端确定的块优先级是最高块优先级，则允许无线终端在最高业务传输请求块中发送业务传输请求; 否则，无线终端被限制在最高优先级请求块中发送业务传输请求。 无线终端监视与其他连接高优先级块信令相对应的请求和/或请求响应活动，并且使用所收集的信息来确定其自身的块优先级。

公开(公告)号：US08072917B2

公开(公告)日：2011-12-06

申请号：US12268175

申请日：2008-11-10

申请人： Xinzhou Wu ,  Junyi Li ,  Sanjay Shakkottai ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Jay Kumar Sundararajan

发明人： Xinzhou Wu ,  Junyi Li ,  Sanjay Shakkottai ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Jay Kumar Sundararajan

IPC分类号： H04B7/185 ,  H04B7/204 ,  H04W4/00

CPC分类号： H04W52/265 ,  H04W52/343

摘要： Methods and apparatus relating to scheduling of air link resources, e.g., traffic segments, in wireless communications are described. Various described methods and apparatus are well suited to wireless peer to peer networks in which traffic scheduling is decentralized, e.g. an ad hoc peer to peer network. A first wireless terminal receives a transmission request and quality of service information from a second wireless terminal corresponding to a connection. The first wireless terminal decides not to receiver yield, determines a request response transmission power level as a function of the received quality of service information, and transmits, at the determined power level, a generated request response signal. By controllably adjusting the transmission power level of a request response, transmitter yielding decisions of lower priority links are impacted, since lower priority links measure and use received power level information corresponding to request responses of higher priority links in their transmitter yielding decisions.

摘要翻译： 描述了与无线通信中的空中链路资源（例如业务段）的调度有关的方法和装置。 各种描述的方法和装置非常适合于其中业务调度被分散的无线对等网络，例如， 一个特别的对等网络。 第一无线终端从对应于连接的第二无线终端接收传输请求和服务质量信息。 第一无线终端决定不接收收益，确定作为接收到的服务质量信息的函数的请求响应发送功率电平，并且以所确定的功率电平发送生成的请求响应信号。 通过可控地调整请求响应的发送功率电平，由于较低优先级的链路测量和使用对应于其发射机产生决定中的较高优先级链路的请求响应的接收功率电平信息，所以影响较低优先级链路的发射机出错决策。

公开(公告)号：US07876701B2

公开(公告)日：2011-01-25

申请号：US12169087

申请日：2008-07-08

申请人： Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Xinzhou Wu

发明人： Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Xinzhou Wu

IPC分类号： H04L12/26 ,  H04L12/28

CPC分类号： H04L5/0091 ,  H04L5/0007 ,  H04L5/0044 ,  H04L5/0053 ,  H04L5/0062 ,  H04W72/082 ,  H04W72/1231 ,  H04W72/1278 ,  H04W74/002 ,  H04W84/18

摘要： A protocol is provided that facilitates downlink concurrent peer-to-peer communications (within a time slot or traffic slot) between one device and many terminals as well as uplink concurrent peer-to-peer communications (within a time slot or traffic slot) between a plurality of terminals and one device. The concurrent peer-to-peer communications may take place within an ad hoc network of devices. To facilitate such operation, a time-frequency structure is provided within a control channel that allows the device and terminals to identify the peer-to-peer connections. This time-frequency structure also allows terminals to identify other sibling terminals that have a connection with the same device, thereby allowing to more efficiently performing interference mitigation. That is, sibling peer-to-peer connections with the same device may be treated different from other non-related peer-to-peer connects for purposes of interference mitigation in a wireless network.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种协议，其有助于一个设备与许多终端之间的下行链路并发对等通信（在时隙或业务时隙内）以及上行链路并发对等通信（在时隙或业务时隙内） 多个终端和一个设备。 并发的对等通信可以在设备的自组织网络中进行。 为了促进这种操作，在控制信道内提供时间 - 频率结构，其允许设备和终端识别对等连接。 该时频结构还允许终端识别与同一设备具有连接的其他兄弟终端，从而允许更有效地执行干扰减轻。 也就是说，与无线网络中的干扰减轻的目的可以将与同一设备的同级对等连接对待与其他非相关对等连接不同。

公开(公告)号：US20100120445A1

公开(公告)日：2010-05-13

申请号：US12267923

申请日：2008-11-10

申请人： Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Xinzhou Wu

发明人： Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Xinzhou Wu

IPC分类号： H04W72/00 ,  H04M1/00

CPC分类号： H04W28/24

摘要： Methods and apparatus for making communications decisions are described. In some embodiments, a method includes recovering a first quality of service level from a first transmission request signal directed to a second communications device, and making a decision whether or not to transmit traffic data to a third communications device based on the recovered first quality of service level. In other embodiments a method includes recovering a first quality of service level from a first transmission request signal, and making a decision whether or not to transmit a first transmission request response signal in response to a second transmission request signal based on the recovered first quality of service level. In some embodiments, the phase of the transmission request signal is used to communicate the quality of service level. The device transmitting the transmission request signal may also transmit pilots which can be used as phase reference signals.

摘要翻译： 描述通信决策的方法和装置。 在一些实施例中，一种方法包括从指向第二通信设备的第一传输请求信号恢复第一服务质量等级，以及基于恢复的第一质量来决定是否向第三通信设备发送业务数据 服务水平。 在其他实施例中，一种方法包括从第一传输请求信号恢复第一服务质量等级，并且基于恢复的第一质量判定是否响应于第二传输请求信号来发送第一传输请求响应信号 服务水平。 在一些实施例中，传输请求信号的相位用于传达服务质量水平。 发送发送请求信号的装置也可以发送可用作相位参考信号的导频。

公开(公告)号：US20090232142A1

公开(公告)日：2009-09-17

申请号：US12047761

申请日：2008-03-13

申请人： Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Xinzhou Wu

发明人： Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Xinzhou Wu

IPC分类号： H04L12/56

CPC分类号： H04W8/26 ,  H04W72/10 ,  H04W84/18

摘要： Methods and apparatus related to scheduling and/or utilization of air link traffic resources are described. A connection identifier is associated with priority with regard to use of an air link resource, e.g., a peer to peer traffic segment which is in contention. A particular connection may acquire and hold one or multiple connection identifiers. In some embodiments, the priority associated with a particular connection identifier is intentionally varied in a set of traffic slots. In some such embodiments, there is priority randomization from slot to slot. In one such implementation there is a statistically uniform average priority between the different connection identifiers over the recurring structure. Such an implementation facilitates access to traffic segments to a wide range of users, yet allows for differentiation with regard to the amount of access as a function of the number of connection identifiers being held by a particular connection.

摘要翻译： 描述与空中链路业务资源的调度和/或利用相关的方法和装置。 关于使用空中链路资源（例如，竞争中的对等业务段），连接标识符与优先级相关联。 特定连接可以获取和保存一个或多个连接标识符。 在一些实施例中，与特定连接标识符相关联的优先级有意在一组业务时隙中变化。 在一些这样的实施例中，存在从时隙到时隙的优先随机化。 在一个这样的实现中，在重复结构上，在不同的连接标识符之间具有统计上均匀的平均优先级。 这样的实现便于对广泛的用户访问业务段，但是允许根据由特定连接持有的连接标识符的数量的访问量的差异。

公开(公告)号：US20090227291A1

公开(公告)日：2009-09-10

申请号：US12043821

申请日：2008-03-06

申请人： Xinzhou Wu ,  Vikram Reddy Anreddy ,  Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia

发明人： Xinzhou Wu ,  Vikram Reddy Anreddy ,  Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia

IPC分类号： H04B7/06 ,  H04M1/00

CPC分类号： H04W16/12 ,  H04B7/10 ,  H04W16/24 ,  H04W52/42

摘要： Method and apparatus related to implementing and/or utilizing different polarization antennas with different corresponding average transmit power levels are described. Inter-cell interference is mitigated by having different cells with different power relationships between polarizations antennas. For example, a first base station transmits at a high average power level on its vertical polarization antenna and transmits at a low average power level on its horizontal polarization antenna. Concurrently, a second base station, which is adjacent to the first base station, transmits at a low average power level on its vertical polarization antenna and transmits at a high average power level on its horizontal polarization antenna. In some hexagonal deployment schemes a base station has at most two adjacent base stations using the same power level to antenna polarization direction relationship as it is using.

摘要翻译： 描述了实现和/或利用具有不同对应的平均发射功率电平的不同极化天线相关的方法和装置。 通过在极化天线之间具有不同功率关系的不同单元来减轻小区间干扰。 例如，第一基站在其垂直极化天线上以高平均功率电平发送，并在其水平极化天线上以低平均功率电平进行发送。 同时，与第一基站相邻的第二基站在其垂直极化天线上以低平均功率电平进行发送，并以其水平极化天线上的高平均功率电平进行发送。 在一些六边形部署方案中，基站具有至多两个相邻基站，其使用与其正在使用的天线偏振方向关系相同的功率电平。

公开(公告)号：US20090109949A1

公开(公告)日：2009-04-30

申请号：US11933009

申请日：2007-10-31

申请人： Xinzhou Wu ,  Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Thomas Richardson

发明人： Xinzhou Wu ,  Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Thomas Richardson

IPC分类号： H04J3/00

CPC分类号： H04W74/00 ,  H04W72/12

摘要： Methods and apparatus related to the communication of traffic in peer to peer communications are described. A peer to peer communications system includes traffic slots, and for a pair of devices having a connection a first transmission request resource and a second transmission request resource are associated with a traffic transmission interval of the traffic slot, the first request resource preceding the second request resource. The first request resource is used for the first device to communicate a request to transmit traffic to the second device. The second request resource is used to communicate a request from the second device to transmit traffic to the first device. One protocol calls for a second resource request to override a first resource request. In another protocol the second resource is used to communicate additional information corresponding to a first resource request, when a request is communicated in the first resource.

摘要翻译： 描述了与对等通信中流量通信有关的方法和设备。 对等通信系统包括业务时隙，并且对于具有连接的一对设备，第一传输请求资源和第二传输请求资源与业务时隙的业务传输间隔相关联，所述第二请求之前的第一请求资源 资源。 第一请求资源用于第一设备传送要向第二设备传输流量的请求。 第二请求资源用于传送来自第二设备的请求以将流量传送到第一设备。 一个协议要求第二个资源请求来覆盖第一个资源请求。 在另一协议中，当在第一资源中传送请求时，第二资源用于传送与第一资源请求对应的附加信息。

公开(公告)号：US20090019150A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-15

申请号：US12168721

申请日：2008-07-07

申请人： Junyi Li ,  Xinzhou Wu ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

发明人： Junyi Li ,  Xinzhou Wu ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： H04B7/086 ,  H04W72/0406 ,  H04W72/046 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W84/18

摘要： One feature provides for establishing an ad hoc peer-to-peer network over an existing channel allocation for another network. To mitigate interference between multiple peer-to-peer devices, a plurality of receiver chains in a receiver device may be configured with beamforming coefficients so as to focus reception in the direction of an intended signal from a transmitter device while minimizing reception from other directions. Similarly, the receiver device may also use a plurality of antennas and a transmitter chain to beamform in the direction of the transmitter device, thereby focusing its transmission toward the transmitter device. The receiver device may also notify nearby devices that it is employing a plurality of receive antennas. This information can be used by the nearby devices to more intelligently perform transmitter yielding. By utilizing beamforming information to make the transmitter and/or receiver yielding decision, better interference mitigation may be achieved.

摘要翻译： 一个特征提供了通过用于另一网络的现有信道分配来建立自组织对等网络。 为了减轻多个对等设备之间的干扰，接收机设备中的多个接收器链可以被配置成具有波束成形系数，以便在来自发射机设备的预期信号的方向上聚焦接收，同时最小化从其他方向的接收。 类似地，接收机设备还可以使用多个天线和发射机链在发射机设备的方向上波束成形，从而将其传输集中到发射机设备。 接收机设备还可以通知附近的设备它正在采用多个接收天线。 该信息可被附近的设备用于更智能地执行发射机的收发。 通过利用波束成形信息来使发射机和/或接收机产生决定，可以实现更好的干扰减轻。

公开(公告)号：US20090019113A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-15

申请号：US12166594

申请日：2008-07-02

申请人： Xinzhou Wu ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia

发明人： Xinzhou Wu ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L12/1881 ,  H04L12/1886 ,  H04L12/189 ,  H04W4/08 ,  H04W72/10 ,  H04W84/18

摘要： Methods and apparatus supporting group communications in a peer to peer wireless network are described. Methods and apparatus are directed to implementations with closed groups, e.g., where the number of group members are fixed at a given time and known to one or more members of the group. Various embodiments are well suited to decentralized peer to peer wireless networks including a plurality of individual traffic resources, e.g., traffic slots and/or traffic segments, which may be independently scheduled. Approaches for implementing distributed scheduling for traffic air link resources which may carry group traffic signals and/or peer to peer traffic signals are described. Various aspects are directed to the transmitter side including: group traffic transmission request transmissions, reception of request response signaling, transmitter yielding decisions, group rate determination and/or group traffic data signaling. Other aspects are directed to the receiver side including: reception of group traffic transmission request signals, receiver yielding decisions, transmitting group request responses signals, and/or receiving group traffic signaling.

摘要翻译： 描述了对等无线网络中支持组通信的方法和装置。 方法和装置涉及具有封闭组的实现，例如，其中组成员的数量在给定时间是固定的并且对于该组的一个或多个成员而言是已知的。 各种实施例非常适合于分散的对等无线网络，包括多个单独的业务资源，例如可以独立调度的业务时隙和/或业务段。 描述了可能携带组交通信号和/或对等业务信号的用于业务空中链路资源的分布式调度的方法。 各个方面涉及发射机侧，包括：组业务传输请求传输，请求响应信令的接收，发射机发射决定，组速率确定和/或组业务数据信令。 其他方面针对接收机侧，包括：接收群组业务传输请求信号，接收机产生决定，发送组请求响应信号和/或接收群组业务信令。

公开(公告)号：US20090016353A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-15

申请号：US11775803

申请日：2007-07-10

申请人： Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Xinzhou WU ,  Leonard Grokop

发明人： Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Xinzhou WU ,  Leonard Grokop

IPC分类号： H04L12/56

CPC分类号： H04W8/005 ,  H04L5/0007 ,  H04L5/0032 ,  H04L5/0053 ,  H04W8/26 ,  H04W72/02

摘要： Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate identifying peers based upon encoded signals during peer discovery in a peer to peer network. For example, direct signaling that partitions a time-frequency resource into a number of segments can be utilized to communicate an identifier within a peer discovery interval; thus, a particular segment selected for transmission can signal a portion of the identifier, while a remainder can be signaled based upon tones communicated within the selected segment. Moreover, a subset of symbols within the resource can be reserved (e.g., unused) to enable identifying and/or correcting timing offset. Further, signaling can be effectuated over a plurality of peer discovery intervals such that partial identifiers communicated during each of the peer discovery intervals can be linked (e.g., based upon overlapping bits and/or bloom filter information).