Dynamic channel-width allocation in wireless networks
    21.
    发明授权
    Dynamic channel-width allocation in wireless networks 有权
    无线网络中的动态通道宽度分配

    公开(公告)号:US08243612B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-08-14

    申请号:US11832624

    申请日:2007-08-01

    CPC分类号: H04W16/10 H04W28/16

    摘要: Techniques for enhancing throughput capacity and/or bandwidth distribution fairness among APs in a wireless network are described. Specifically, a channel frequency profile which includes a center frequency and channel-width (i.e., channel bandwidth) is dynamically assigned to each of one or more APs in a wireless network. The assigned channel frequency profile for each AP is based, at least in part, on the current composition of the wireless network including, its topology and traffic load distribution. In this regard, each AP's channel frequency profile can be continuously or periodically changed such that the entire available frequency spectrum is effectively utilized and/or interference between APs is avoided or limited. This, in turn, enhances the throughput capacity and/or bandwidth distribution fairness of the wireless network.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于在无线网络中的AP之间增强吞吐量容量和/或带宽分配公平性的技术。 具体地,包括中心频率和信道宽度(即,信道带宽)的信道频率分布被动态分配给无线网络中的一个或多个AP的每一个。 每个AP的分配的信道频率分布至少部分地基于无线网络的当前组成,包括其拓扑和业务负载分布。 在这方面,可以连续地或周期性地改变每个AP的信道频率分布,使得有效利用整个可用频谱和/或避免或限制AP之间的干扰。 这又增强了无线网络的吞吐能力和/或带宽分配公平性。

    ENABLING WHITE SPACE NETWORKS INDEPENDENT OF LOW-THRESHOLD SENSING
    22.
    发明申请
    ENABLING WHITE SPACE NETWORKS INDEPENDENT OF LOW-THRESHOLD SENSING 有权
    启用独立于低阈值感应的白色空间网络

    公开(公告)号:US20110317019A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-12-29

    申请号:US12822218

    申请日:2010-06-24

    IPC分类号: H04N17/00

    摘要: Described is a technology by which a remote or local geo-location service provides white space information that one or more client devices and/or base stations may use to determine which white spaces are available for use, e.g., for wireless networking. Because of the information, low-threshold sensing is not needed by the client devices and/or base stations to know which white spaces are available. The service computes the available white spaces for a given location based upon television transmitter parameters, elevation data, and information received regarding any operational wireless microphones.

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种技术,通过该技术远程或本地地理位置服务提供一个或多个客户端设备和/或基站可以用于确定哪些空格可用于例如无线网络的白空间信息。 由于该信息,客户端设备和/或基站不需要低阈值感测来知道哪些空白可用。 该服务基于电视发射机参数,高程数据和关于任何操作无线麦克风接收到的信息来计算给定位置的可用空白空间。

    Spectrum Assignment for Networks Over White Spaces and Other Portions of the Spectrum
    23.
    发明申请
    Spectrum Assignment for Networks Over White Spaces and Other Portions of the Spectrum 有权
    频谱分配在白色空间和频谱的其他部分的网络

    公开(公告)号:US20100304678A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-12-02

    申请号:US12473963

    申请日:2009-05-28

    IPC分类号: H04B17/00

    摘要: Functionality is described by selecting a channel in an environment in which non-privileged entities have subordinate access rights to spectrum compared to privileged entities. The functionality operates by identifying spectrum that is available to all nodes involved in communication (where the nodes are associated with non-privileged entities). The functionality then generates a suitability assessment for each candidate channel within the available spectrum. The functionality selects a channel having the most desirable suitability assessment. The functionality can form a suitability assessment for a candidate channel of arbitrary width, e.g., by combining suitability assessments associated with constituent spectrum units within the candidate channel.

    摘要翻译: 通过在非特权实体具有与特权实体相比具有次要访问权限的环境中选择一个通道来描述功能。 该功能通过识别对于通信中涉及的所有节点(其中节点与非特权实体相关联)可用的频谱进行识别。 然后,该功能为可用频谱内的每个候选信道生成适合性评估。 功能选择具有最理想的适用性评估的通道。 功能可以形成对任意宽度的候选信道的适用性评估,例如通过组合与候选信道内的组成频谱单元相关联的适用性评估。

    Media Access Control (MAC) Protocol for Cognitive Wireless Networks
    24.
    发明申请
    Media Access Control (MAC) Protocol for Cognitive Wireless Networks 有权
    用于认知无线网络的媒体访问控制(MAC)协议

    公开(公告)号:US20080130519A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-06-05

    申请号:US11847034

    申请日:2007-08-29

    IPC分类号: H04L12/24 H04Q7/00

    摘要: A new media access control (MAC) protocol for cognitive wireless networks is described. The new MAC protocol allows each of multiple nodes, such as cell phones and computers with wireless, to determine utilization of a communication spectrum, such as the television broadcast band. The nodes collaborate to achieve a combined view of spectrum utilization in their local vicinity, in which scheduled users and empty time segments are mapped across a wide range of frequencies. Nodes negotiate with each other to reserve idle segments of the spectrum for packet exchange on negotiated frequencies. Control packet structure allows nodes to become prescient of the local spectrum utilization during handshaking. A cognitive device operating under the new MAC has a first radio that both scans the spectrum and monitors a control channel; and a second reconfigurable radio with adjustable parameters, including frequency and bandwidth, for packet transmission.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于认知无线网络的新的媒体接入控制(MAC)协议。 新的MAC协议允许诸如蜂窝电话和具有无线的计算机的多个节点中的每一个确定诸如电视广播频带之类的通信频谱的利用。 节点协作实现其本地附近的频谱利用的组合视图,其中调度的用户和空时间段在广泛的频率范围内被映射。 节点相互协商以在协商的频率上保留用于分组交换的频谱的空闲段。 控制分组结构允许节点在握手期间变得预先考虑本地频谱利用。 在新MAC下操作的认知设备具有扫描频谱并监视控制信道的第一无线电; 以及用于分组传输的具有可调参数(包括频率和带宽)的第二可重新配置的无线电。

    Coexistence of white space devices and wireless narrowband devices
    25.
    发明授权
    Coexistence of white space devices and wireless narrowband devices 有权
    白色空间设备和无线窄带设备的共存

    公开(公告)号:US09332439B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-03

    申请号:US12962676

    申请日:2010-12-08

    IPC分类号: H04B1/04 H04W16/14 H04W52/50

    摘要: Architecture that enables wireless narrowband devices (e.g., wireless microphones) and white space devices to efficiently coexist on the same telecommunications channels, while not interfering with the usability of the wireless narrowband device. The architecture provides interference detection, strobe generation and detection and, power ramping and suppression (interference-free coexistence with spectrum efficiency). The architecture provides the ability of the white space device to learn about the presence of the microphone. This can be accomplished i using a geolocation database, reactively via a strober device, and/or proactively via the strober device. The strober device can be positioned close to the microphone receiver and signals the presence of a microphone to white space devices on demand. The strober device takes into consideration the microphone's characteristics as well as the relative signal strength from the microphone transmitter versus the white space device, in order to enable maximum use of the available white space spectrum.

    摘要翻译: 能够使无线窄带设备(例如,无线麦克风)和空白设备在相同的电信信道上有效共存的架构,同时不干扰无线窄带设备的可用性。 该架构提供干扰检测,选通产生和检测以及功率斜坡抑制(与频谱效率无干扰共存)。 该架构提供了白空间设备了解麦克风的存在的能力。 这可以通过使用地理位置数据库,通过选通设备反应地和/或主动地通过选通设备来实现。 选通设备可以靠近麦克风接收器定位,并根据需要将麦克风存在于空白设备。 选通器件考虑到麦克风的特性以及麦克风发射器与白色空间器件的相对信号强度,以便最大限度地利用可用的空白光谱。

    Transmitting data in a wireless white space network
    26.
    发明授权
    Transmitting data in a wireless white space network 有权
    在无线空白网络中传输数据

    公开(公告)号:US09094837B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-28

    申请号:US12796683

    申请日:2010-06-09

    IPC分类号: H04B15/00 H04W24/00 H04W72/00

    摘要: There is provided a computer-implemented method for transmitting data over a wireless network using white spaces. A first white space transmission channel is determined for communicating with mobile client devices. Wireless communication takes place with the mobile client devices over the first white space transmission channel. If the first white space transmission channel becomes unavailable to one of the mobile client devices because of the presence of a primary user on the first white space transmission channel, a different white space transmission channel is determined for communicating with the mobile client device that is affected. The first white space transmission channel may become unavailable to the affected mobile client device, for example, because a primary user begins using the first white space transmission channel in proximity to the affected device. The primary user may be a wireless microphone. Thereafter, communication with the affected wireless device takes place on the different white space transmission channel, while unaffected devices continue to communicate on the first white space transmission channel. Also provided are an exemplary wireless base station and an exemplary mobile client device.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于通过无线网络使用空格来发送数据的计算机实现的方法。 确定用于与移动客户端设备通信的第一空白传输信道。 移动客户端设备通过第一个空白传输信道进行无线通信。 如果第一空白传输信道由于第一空白传输信道上的主用户的存在而变得不能用于移动客户端设备之一,则确定不同的空白传输信道用于与受影响的移动客户端设备进行通信 。 受影响的移动客户端设备的第一个空白传输信道可能变得不可用,例如,因为主用户开始在受影响的设备附近使用第一个空白传输信道。 主要用户可以是无线麦克风。 此后,与受影响的无线设备的通信发生在不同的空白传输信道上,而未受影响的设备在第一空白传输信道上继续通信。 还提供了示例性无线基站和示例性移动客户端设备。

    Spectrum assignment for networks over white spaces and other portions of the spectrum
    27.
    发明授权
    Spectrum assignment for networks over white spaces and other portions of the spectrum 有权
    在白色空间和频谱的其他部分的网络的频谱分配

    公开(公告)号:US08811903B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-08-19

    申请号:US12473963

    申请日:2009-05-28

    IPC分类号: H04B15/00

    摘要: Functionality is described by selecting a channel in an environment in which non-privileged entities have subordinate access rights to spectrum compared to privileged entities. The functionality operates by identifying spectrum that is available to all nodes involved in communication (where the nodes are associated with non-privileged entities). The functionality then generates a suitability assessment for each candidate channel within the available spectrum. The functionality selects a channel having the most desirable suitability assessment. The functionality can form a suitability assessment for a candidate channel of arbitrary width, e.g., by combining suitability assessments associated with constituent spectrum units within the candidate channel.

    摘要翻译: 通过在非特权实体具有与特权实体相比具有次要访问权限的环境中选择一个通道来描述功能。 该功能通过识别对于通信中涉及的所有节点(其中节点与非特权实体相关联)可用的频谱进行识别。 然后,该功能为可用频谱内的每个候选信道生成适合性评估。 功能选择具有最理想的适用性评估的通道。 功能可以形成对任意宽度的候选信道的适用性评估,例如通过组合与候选信道内的组成频谱单元相关联的适用性评估。

    Spectrum Allocation for Base Station
    29.
    发明申请
    Spectrum Allocation for Base Station 有权
    基站频谱分配

    公开(公告)号:US20140051467A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-20

    申请号:US13202297

    申请日:2011-05-04

    IPC分类号: H04W72/08 H04W72/04 H04W88/08

    摘要: Embodiments include processes, systems, and devices that allow a white space base station to request available frequency ranges for white space transmission in a local area. A white space finder service models a primary user device's transmission signal propagation area using terrain data associated with the local area of the primary user device. The white space finder service also determines, based on the location of the white space base station and the modeled propagation area, one or more locally available, non-interfering frequency ranges and provides them to the white space base station. The white space base station compares the provided frequency ranges to policies and selects one or more of the available frequencies that accommodate the policies. The white space base station also maps the transmission frequency ranges to virtual frequency ranges for transmission by a software-defined radio employing spectrum virtualization.

    摘要翻译: 实施例包括允许空白基站在局部区域中为空白传输请求可用频率范围的过程,系统和设备。 白色空间查找器服务使用与主用户设备的本地区域相关联的地形数据来建模主用户设备的传输信号传播区域。 白色空间查找器服务还基于白色空间基站的位置和建模的传播区域确定一个或多个本地可用的非干扰频率范围并将其提供给空白基站。 空白基站将提供的频率范围与策略进行比较,并选择适应策略的一个或多个可用频率。 白空间基站还将传输频率范围映射到虚拟频率范围,以便通过使用频谱虚拟化的软件定义无线电进行传输。

    ADAPTING CHANNEL WIDTH FOR IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF WIRELESS NETWORKS
    30.
    发明申请
    ADAPTING CHANNEL WIDTH FOR IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF WIRELESS NETWORKS 有权
    适应无线网络性能的渠道宽度

    公开(公告)号:US20090323600A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-31

    申请号:US12163187

    申请日:2008-06-27

    IPC分类号: H04W4/00 H04J3/16

    CPC分类号: H04W28/18 H04W24/02 H04W28/20

    摘要: The subject invention relates to a system and/or methodology that provide improved wireless networking performance by dynamically adapting the channel width. A dynamic adaptation component adjust the channel width based on at least one characteristic of a wireless network, the characteristics can include but are not limited to range, power consumption, throughput, signal to noise ratio (SNR), resilience to delay spread, data rate, and capacity. Additionally, an optimization component can determine an optimum channel width.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及通过动态调整信道宽度来提供改进的无线网络性能的系统和/或方法。 动态适配组件基于无线网络的至少一个特性来调整信道宽度,特征可以包括但不限于范围,功耗,吞吐量,信噪比(SNR),对延迟扩展的恢复能力,数据速率 和容量。 另外,优化组件可以确定最佳通道宽度。