公开(公告)号：US20100022190A1

公开(公告)日：2010-01-28

申请号：US12178231

申请日：2008-07-23

申请人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Junyi Li ,  Xinzhou Wu ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Vincent D. Park

发明人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Junyi Li ,  Xinzhou Wu ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Vincent D. Park

IPC分类号： H04B17/00

CPC分类号： H04W40/12 ,  Y02D70/22 ,  Y02D70/34

摘要： Methods and apparatus for wireless communications in networks, e.g., regional ad hoc peer to peer networks, are described. A communications node, e.g., a third node monitors for wireless communications between other peer communication nodes, e.g., a first node and a second node, in its local vicinity. The third node determines from the monitored wireless communication an indication of link quality corresponding to a communication link between the communication nodes which are communicating or seeking to establish a communications link. The third node generates an estimate of a link quality for a communications link between itself and the first node. Based on the indication of link quality and generated estimate of link quality, the third node decides whether or not to send a signal indicating availability to relay communication between the first and second nodes. The third node, when acting as an intermediary node after indicating its availability to so act, may receive traffic data e.g., user data communicated in a peer to peer traffic segment, from the first node. The third node communicates the received traffic data to the second node by transmitting the traffic data.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于网络中的无线通信的方法和装置，例如区域自组织对等网络。 通信节点，例如第三节点监视在其本地附近的其他对等通信节点（例如，第一节点和第二节点）之间的无线通信。 第三节点从监视的无线通信确定与正在通信或寻求建立通信链路的通信节点之间的通信链路相对应的链路质量的指示。 第三节点产生对于其与第一节点之间的通信链路的链路质量的估计。 基于链路质量的指示和链路质量的产生估计，第三节点决定是否发送指示第一和第二节点之间的中继通信的可用性的信号。 第三节点在指示其可用性之后充当中间节点时可以从第一节点接收业务数据，例如在对等业务段中传送的用户数据。 第三节点通过发送业务数据将接收到的业务数据传送到第二节点。

公开(公告)号：US20090232034A1

公开(公告)日：2009-09-17

申请号：US12047713

申请日：2008-03-13

申请人： Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Xinzhou Wu

发明人： Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Xinzhou Wu

IPC分类号： H04B7/00

CPC分类号： H04L67/16 ,  H04L67/18 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/021 ,  H04W40/246 ,  H04W68/00 ,  Y02D30/40 ,  Y02D70/00 ,  Y02D70/20

摘要： Methods and apparatus for wireless communications in regional networks, e.g., ad hoc peer to peer networks, are described. Wireless communications devices transmit and monitor for presence indicator signals broadcast from other peer communications devices in its local vicinity. A wireless communications device maintains a list of discovered devices in its vicinity. A first wireless communications device transmits a paging signal directly over an airlink to a second communications device, which is on its list and to which it desires to send data units, e.g., user data in a peer to peer traffic segment. In response to a received paging response signal from the second device, the first device transmits data units, intended for the second device, to a third device, which acts as an intermediary node. The power level for the data unit signal is controlled to be lower than the power level used for the paging signal.

摘要翻译： 描述了区域网络（例如，自组织对等网络）中的无线通信的方法和装置。 无线通信设备发送和监视其本地附近的其他对等通信设备广播的存在指示符信号。 无线通信设备维护其附近发现的设备的列表。 第一无线通信设备通过空中链路将寻呼信号直接发送到第二通信设备，该第二通信设备位于其列表上并且希望向其发送数据单元（例如，对等业务段中的用户数据）。 响应于来自第二设备的接收到的寻呼响应信号，第一设备将用于第二设备的数据单元发送到充当中间节点的第三设备。 数据单元信号的功率电平被控制为低于用于寻呼信号的功率电平。

公开(公告)号：US08812676B2

公开(公告)日：2014-08-19

申请号：US12875311

申请日：2010-09-03

申请人： Shailesh Patil ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Xinzhou Wu ,  Junyi Li ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Pablo A. Anigstein

发明人： Shailesh Patil ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Xinzhou Wu ,  Junyi Li ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Pablo A. Anigstein

IPC分类号： G06F15/173 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W84/18

CPC分类号： H04W72/02 ,  H04W72/0493 ,  H04W72/06 ,  H04W72/085 ,  H04W84/18 ,  Y02D70/142 ,  Y02D70/144 ,  Y02D70/162 ,  Y02D70/20

摘要： A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product are provided in which signals are received on each of a plurality of resources and an energy of each of the signals of a set of the plurality of resources is determined. In addition, a resource is determined based on a probability for each of the resources in a subset of the set. The probability for selecting a resource with a lower determined energy is less than one and greater than the probability for selecting a resource with a higher determined energy. Furthermore, a signal is transmitted on the selected resource.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种方法，装置和计算机程序产品，其中在多个资源中的每一个上接收信号，并且确定多个资源集合中的每个信号的能量。 此外，基于集合的子集中的每个资源的概率来确定资源。 选择具有较低确定能量的资源的概率小于1且大于选择具有较高确定能量的资源的概率。 此外，在所选择的资源上发送信号。

公开(公告)号：US08694662B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-08

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 ,  H04L1/00

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：US08520524B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-27

申请号：US12267905

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： H04L12/26

CPC分类号： H04W72/1231 ,  H04L43/08 ,  H04W72/1278

摘要： Methods and apparatus for making communications decisions are described. In some embodiments, a method includes recovering a quality of service level from a transmission request response signal and making a decision whether or not to transmit traffic data based on the recovered quality of service level. In other embodiments a method includes recovering a first quality of service level from a first transmission request response signal which is in response to a first traffic transmission request signal, and making a decision, based on the recovered first quality of service level, whether or not to transmit a second transmission request response signal in response to a second traffic transmission request signal. In some embodiments, the phase of the transmission request response signal is used to communicate the quality of service level. The device transmitting the transmission request response 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，一种方法包括从传输请求响应信号中恢复服务质量水平，并基于恢复的服务质量水平决定是否传送业务数据。 在其他实施例中，一种方法包括从响应于第一业务传输请求信号的第一传输请求响应信号恢复第一服务质量水平，并且基于恢复的第一服务质量水平做出决定 响应于第二业务传输请求信号发送第二传输请求响应信号。 在一些实施例中，传输请求响应信号的相位用于传达服务质量水平。 发送发送请求响应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：US08259743B2

公开(公告)日：2012-09-04

申请号：US12168662

申请日：2008-07-07

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： H04L12/28

CPC分类号： H04L1/0002 ,  H04L1/0025 ,  Y02D70/10 ,  Y02D70/20

摘要： An improved mechanism is provided that facilitates transmission of small packets within an ad hoc peer-to-peer network. A small packet is identified to a receiver within a control channel so that its lower power can be considered in an interference management protocol implemented among local peer devices. In a traffic slot, a transmitter voluntarily backs down on the transmitter power as a smaller packet will require much lower signal-to-noise ratio. This will improve the signal energy per bit per noise power density for the transmission as well as minimize the interference caused to other wireless communications happening in the same spectrum.

公开(公告)号：US08139531B2

公开(公告)日：2012-03-20

申请号：US12168704

申请日：2008-07-07

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： H04W4/00

CPC分类号： H04L1/0002 ,  H04L1/0025 ,  Y02D70/10 ,  Y02D70/20

摘要： An improved mechanism is provided that facilitates transmission of small packets within an ad hoc peer-to-peer network. A small packet is identified to a receiver within a control channel so that its lower power can be considered in an interference management protocol implemented among local peer devices. In a traffic slot, a transmitter voluntarily backs down on the transmitter power as a smaller packet will require much lower signal-to-noise ratio. This will improve the signal energy per bit per noise power density for the transmission as well as minimize the interference caused to other wireless communications happening in the same spectrum.

公开(公告)号：US08005091B2

公开(公告)日：2011-08-23

申请号：US12165815

申请日：2008-07-01

申请人： Xinzhou Wu ,  Junyi Li ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Thomas Richardson

发明人： Xinzhou Wu ,  Junyi Li ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Thomas Richardson

IPC分类号： H04L12/28

CPC分类号： H04L5/0048 ,  H04L5/0007 ,  H04L5/0091 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W76/14

摘要： An apparatus and method are disclosed for generating a transmission connection identifier (CID) for a transmitter/receiver pair in a wireless network. The CID may be selected from or mapped to a hybrid CID space comprising a first set of orthogonal CIDs and a second set of non-orthogonal (random or pseudo-random) CIDs. When a transmitter device wants to initiate a peer-to-peer connection with a receiver device, the transmitter and receiver devices attempt to obtain a CID to identify their connection within a traffic channel in a shared frequency space. The first and/or second device attempt to select a CID from the first set of orthogonal CIDs. However, if a CID collision is detected, the first and second devices select their CID from the second set of non-orthogonal CIDs. The selected transmission CID may be used during a time slot or interval to facilitate communications between the first and second devices.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于在无线网络中生成用于发射机/接收机对的传输连接标识符（CID）的装置和方法。 可以从包含第一组正交CID和第二组非正交（随机或伪随机）CID的混合CID空间中选择或映射CID。 当发射机设备想要发起与接收机设备的对等连接时，发射机和接收机设备尝试获得CID以在共享频率空间内的业务信道内识别它们的连接。 第一和/或第二设备尝试从第一组正交CID中选择CID。 然而，如果检测到CID冲突，则第一和第二设备从第二组非正交CID中选择它们的CID。 可以在时隙或间隔期间使用所选择的传输CID以促进第一和第二设备之间的通信。

公开(公告)号：US20100309781A1

公开(公告)日：2010-12-09

申请号：US12477363

申请日：2009-06-03

申请人： Hua Wang ,  Xinzhou Wu ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Pramod Viswanath ,  Junyi Li ,  Saurabh Tavildar

发明人： Hua Wang ,  Xinzhou Wu ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Pramod Viswanath ,  Junyi Li ,  Saurabh Tavildar

IPC分类号： H04L12/24 ,  H04B7/02

CPC分类号： H04B7/0871 ,  H04B7/0413 ,  H04B7/086

摘要： Aspects describe different multiple antenna techniques that can be utilized in a peer-to-peer network based on a network congestion level. A MIMO scheme where a transmitter sends to a receiver multiple spatial streams at substantially the same time in the same traffic segment can be utilized when network congestion level is low. A receiver beam forming scheme where transmitter sends a single stream in a traffic segment and receiver uses multiple receive antennas to maximize signal to noise ratio can be utilized when network congestion level is high. The connection pair (transmitter and receiver) occupy more control resources in the MIMO scheme than the receiver beam forming scheme. The decision related to which technique to utilize can be made at about the same time as a communication is initiated. Further, if network conditions change during a communication, the antenna technique that is utilized can be switched to a different technique during the communication exchange.

摘要翻译： 方面描述了可以基于网络拥塞级别在对等网络中使用的不同的多天线技术。 当网络拥塞级别低时，可以利用MIMO方案，其中发射机在同一业务段中基本上同时间向接收机发送多个空间流。 一种接收机波束形成方案，其中发射机在业务段和接收机中发送单个流使用多个接收天线以最大化信噪比，可以在网络拥塞度高时使用。 连接对（发射机和接收机）在MIMO方案中占据比接收机波束形成方案更多的控制资源。 在通信开始的同时，可以进行与使用哪种技术有关的决定。 此外，如果在通信期间网络条件改变，则在通信交换期间，所利用的天线技术可以被切换到不同的技术。

公开(公告)号：US20100202434A1

公开(公告)日：2010-08-12

申请号：US12367293

申请日：2009-02-06

申请人： Xinzhou Wu ,  Pramod Viswanath ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Junyi Li

发明人： Xinzhou Wu ,  Pramod Viswanath ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Junyi Li

IPC分类号： H04J3/00

CPC分类号： H04W8/005 ,  H01Q21/205 ,  H04L67/104

摘要： Methods and apparatus for communicating information, e.g., peer discovery information, to peer communications devices using multiple antenna patterns at different times are described. One exemplary method includes transmitting first peer discovery information during a first period of time using a first antenna pattern, and transmitting second peer discovery information during a second period of time using a second antenna pattern which is different from the first antenna pattern. In at least some embodiments the first antenna pattern is a beam antenna pattern and the second antenna pattern is an omni-directional antenna pattern. In some embodiments, an omni-directional antenna pattern is used at least 50% of the time. This allows devices near the transmitting device to quickly obtain peer discovery information while devices further away make take longer to obtain the peer discovery information since they may need for a beam pattern facing their direction to be used.

摘要翻译： 描述用于在不同时间使用多个天线方式向对等通信设备传送信息（例如对等体发现信息）的方法和装置。 一种示例性方法包括：使用第一天线方向图在第一时段期间发送第一对等设备发现信息;以及使用不同于第一天线方向图的第二天线方向图在第二时段期间发送第二对等设备发现信息。 在至少一些实施例中，第一天线图案是波束天线方向图，而第二天线方向图是全向天线方向图。 在一些实施例中，至少50％的时间使用全向天线方向图。 这允许发射设备附近的设备快速获得对等体发现信息，而远程设备需要更长的时间才能获得对等体发现信息，因为它们可能需要面向其使用方向的波束图案。