公开(公告)号：US20090016229A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-15

申请号：US12166645

申请日：2008-07-02

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

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

IPC分类号： H04L12/26

CPC分类号： H04W28/0236 ,  H04L12/1881 ,  H04L12/189 ,  H04W72/005 ,  H04W72/082 ,  H04W72/10 ,  H04W72/1231 ,  H04W72/1247 ,  H04W84/18

摘要： Methods and apparatus related to broadcasting data and interference management in a peer to peer wireless communications network are described. Scheduling of traffic air link resources is performed on a slot by slot basis in a decentralized manner. Wireless devices intending to broadcast traffic signals transmit broadcast request signals, sometimes alternatively referred to as broadcast indicator signals. A priority level is associated with each of the broadcast request signals. A receiver device intending to receive broadcast signals detects the broadcast request signals and makes an interference determination as to whether the higher priority broadcast traffic signal can be successfully recovered in the presence of lower priority broadcast traffic signals. If the determination is that the expected interference from the lower priority broadcast traffic is unacceptable, the receiver device generates and transmits an interference control signal communicating to the lower priority device a command or request not to broadcast.

摘要翻译： 描述了在对等无线通信网络中与广播数据和干扰管理有关的方法和装置。 以分散的方式逐个时隙地执行业务空中链路资源的调度。 有意地广播业务信号的无线设备发送广播请求信号，有时可选地称为广播指示符信号。 优先级与每个广播请求信号相关联。 要接收广播信号的接收机设备检测广播请求信号，并且在存在较低优先级的广播业务信号的情况下，是否可以成功地恢复较高优先级的广播业务信号，并做出干扰确定。 如果确定来自较低优先级的广播业务的预期干扰是不可接受的，则接收机设备生成并发送与低优先级设备通信的干扰控制信号，该命令或请求不被广播。

公开(公告)号：US09247411B2

公开(公告)日：2016-01-26

申请号：US12645746

申请日：2009-12-23

申请人： Xinzhou Wu ,  Junyi Li ,  Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Sanjay Shakkottai ,  Saurabh Tavildar

发明人： Xinzhou Wu ,  Junyi Li ,  Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Sanjay Shakkottai ,  Saurabh Tavildar

IPC分类号： H04B7/14 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W84/18

CPC分类号： H04W8/005 ,  H04W84/18

摘要： Methods and apparatus for supporting multi-hop peer discovery in peer-to-peer wireless networks are disclosed. One method supports multi-hop peer discovery using a first peer having a first unique identification code. The method includes decoding a second peer discovery signal to obtain a second unique identification code and a second local identification code of a second peer received during a peer-to-peer discovery channel, determining whether to select the second peer based on a predetermined criterion; and transmitting a first peer discovery signal having the first unique identification code, the second local identification code and a hop count when the predetermined criterion is satisfied.

摘要翻译： 公开了在对等无线网络中支持多跳对等体发现的方法和装置。 一种方法支持使用具有第一唯一识别码的第一对等体的多跳对等体发现。 该方法包括解码第二对等体发现信号以获得在对等发现信道期间接收的第二对等体的第二唯一标识码和第二本地标识码，基于预定准则确定是否选择第二对等体; 以及当满足所述预定标准时，发送具有所述第一唯一识别码，所述第二本地识别码和跳数的第一对等体发现信号。

公开(公告)号：US09148477B2

公开(公告)日：2015-09-29

申请号：US12361896

申请日：2009-01-29

申请人： Junyi Li ,  Xinzhou Wu ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Vincent D. Park

发明人： Junyi Li ,  Xinzhou Wu ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Vincent D. Park

IPC分类号： H04L5/02 ,  H04W48/14 ,  H04W52/26 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04L5/14 ,  H04W36/00

CPC分类号： H04L67/104 ,  H04L5/02 ,  H04L5/023 ,  H04L5/1438 ,  H04W28/0273 ,  H04W36/0055 ,  H04W48/14 ,  H04W52/26

摘要： Methods and apparatus for communicating information, e.g., queries and query responses, in a peer to peer communications network are described. Queries include, e.g., queries for a product, service, activity or activity partner. In some embodiments, a query channel is implemented and utilized. The implemented query channel structure is such that multiple query responses may be communicated corresponding to a single transmitted query. Various embodiments employ randomization in transmission segment selection by an individual communications device within a transmission block to decrease the likelihood of collisions. A communication device's access to the query channel is determined by the communications device itself. A communications device's decision as to whether or not to transmit and/or re-transmit a query is based on one or more of: its query transmission statistics, historical query channel loading information, and priority level information corresponding to the communications device.

摘要翻译： 描述了在对等通信网络中传送信息（例如查询和查询响应）的方法和装置。 查询包括例如对产品，服务，活动或活动合作伙伴的查询。 在一些实施例中，实现和利用查询信道。 实现的查询信道结构使得可以对应于单个发送的查询来传送多个查询响应。 各种实施例在传输块内的单个通信设备的传输段选择中采用随机化，以减少冲突的可能性。 通信设备对该查询信道的访问由通信设备本身确定。 通信设备关于是否发送和/或重新发送查询的决定基于以下中的一个或多个：其查询传输统计信息，历史查询信道加载信息和对应于该通信设备的优先级信息。

公开(公告)号：US09084231B2

公开(公告)日：2015-07-14

申请号：US12047741

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： H04W4/00 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04W76/02 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W84/18

CPC分类号： H04W76/021 ,  H04W8/005 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W76/14 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W84/18

摘要： Methods and apparatus related to a peer to peer wireless communications system supporting the association of multiple connection identifiers with a single connection between a pair of wireless terminals are described. A differentiated quality of service is supported by assigning different numbers of connection identifiers to different connections. The number of connection identifiers assigned to a wireless terminal pair for a connection is a function of one of: data rate, priority information, and quality of service information. Being allocated a higher number of connection identifiers results in being allocated a higher number of traffic transmission request resources, thus increasing the likelihood that the connection is permitted to use a traffic transmission segment. The allocation of connection identifiers is performed in a distributed manner in which handshake signaling occurs between a wireless terminal pair seeking to establish a connection, e.g., as part of a multi-step paging scheme.

摘要翻译： 描述了支持多个连接标识符与一对无线终端之间的单个连接的关联的对等无线通信系统相关的方法和装置。 通过为不同的连接分配不同数量的连接标识符来支持差异化的服务质量。 分配给用于连接的无线终端对的连接标识符的数量是数据速率，优先级信息和服务质量信息之一的函数。 分配更多数量的连接标识符导致分配更多数量的业务传输请求资源，从而增加连接被允许使用业务传输段的可能性。 连接标识符的分配以分布式方式执行，其中握手信号发生在寻求建立连接的无线终端对之间，例如作为多步寻呼方案的一部分。

公开(公告)号：US08874040B2

公开(公告)日：2014-10-28

申请号：US12164372

申请日：2008-06-30

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 ,  H04W52/32 ,  H04W28/22 ,  H04W52/26 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04W52/24 ,  H04W52/16 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W52/22

CPC分类号： H04W28/22 ,  H04W52/16 ,  H04W52/223 ,  H04W52/241 ,  H04W52/267 ,  H04W52/325 ,  H04W52/383 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W84/18

摘要： In an ad hoc peer-to-peer communication network between wireless devices, a high priory first receiver device is configured to perform successive interference cancellation (SIC). The first receiver device receives a first transmission request from a first transmitter device indicating that the first transmitter device intends to transmit traffic to the first receiver device. Similarly, the first receiver device receives a second transmission request from an interferer second transmitter device. The first receiver device then determines a transmission rate cap for the interferer second transmitter device based on the signal strengths of the first and second transmission requests and sends it to the interferer second transmitter device. The transmission rate cap is a maximum rate at which the first receiver device can reliably decode traffic signals from the second transmitter device.

摘要翻译： 在无线设备之间的自组织对等通信网络中，高级第一接收机设备被配置为执行连续的干扰消除（SIC）。 第一接收机设备从第一发射机设备接收指示第一发射机设备旨在向第一接收机设备传输业务的第一传输请求。 类似地，第一接收机设备从干扰源第二发射机设备接收第二传输请求。 然后，第一接收机设备基于第一和第二传输请求的信号强度确定干扰源第二发射机设备的传输速率上限，并将其发送到干扰源第二发射机设备。 传输速率上限是第一接收机设备可以可靠地解码来自第二发射机设备的业务信号的最大速率。

公开(公告)号：US08693336B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-08

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： H04L12/26

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：US08687479B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-01

申请号：US12166675

申请日：2008-07-02

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： H04J11/00

CPC分类号： H04L25/0226 ,  H04B7/15542 ,  H04L1/0002 ,  H04L1/0023 ,  H04L1/20 ,  H04L5/0007 ,  H04L5/0033 ,  H04L5/0044 ,  H04L5/0048 ,  H04L5/006 ,  H04L25/0228 ,  H04L27/2647 ,  H04L47/10 ,  H04L47/14 ,  H04L47/263 ,  H04W28/12 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04W72/085

摘要： Methods and apparatus for performing channel estimation and reporting back channel information or other information such as a suggested traffic transmission rate are described. A signal including a pilot signal of interest is received. Portions of the signal corresponding to the pilot signal are analyzed to determine if any of the portions, e.g., signal portions corresponding to individual tone symbols used to communicate the pilot signal, were subject to excessive interference, such as might be the result of collisions, rendering the signal portions unreliable. Signal sub-portions determined to be unreliable are excluded from a determination of the amount of pilot signal energy that was received. Signal interference is determined from a portion of the received signal on which the pilot signal was not transmitted. Channel information in the form of information and/or a suggested traffic rate may be reported back to the device which transmitted the pilot signal.

摘要翻译： 描述用于执行信道估计和报告返回信道信息或诸如建议的业务传输速率的其他信息的方法和装置。 接收包括感兴趣的导频信号的信号。 分析对应于导频信号的信号的部分，以确定是否有任何部分，例如，对应于用于传送导频信号的各个音调符号的信号部分遭受过度干扰，例如可能是碰撞的结果， 使信号部分不可靠。 被确定为不可靠的信号子部分从接收到的导频信号能量的确定中排除。 信号干扰是从不在其上传送导频信号的接收信号的一部分确定的。 以信息形式和/或建议的业务速率的信道信息可以被报告回发送导频信号的设备。

公开(公告)号：US08340044B2

公开(公告)日：2012-12-25

申请号：US12146972

申请日：2008-06-26

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

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

IPC分类号： H04W4/00

CPC分类号： H04W72/02 ,  H04W48/12 ,  H04W68/00

摘要： A first device is configured to select and utilize a connection identifier (CID) for a peer-to-peer communication connection between the first device and a second device in a wireless communications network. The CID is selected from a predetermined set of a plurality of CIDs. Prior to selecting the connection identifier, the first device monitors a CID broadcast channel to determine whether the CID is being utilized by other nearby connections. If it is determined that the CID is being utilized by another connection in the proximity, a different (unused) CID is selected. A transmission request is transmitted to the second device using a first transmission resource unit within a traffic management channel slot, the first transmission resource unit being determined as a function of the selected CID. The first device transmits traffic data to the second device in a traffic channel slot corresponding to the traffic management channel slot.

公开(公告)号：US08144636B2

公开(公告)日：2012-03-27

申请号：US12168679

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： H04B7/00

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：US20110149799A1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-23

申请号：US12645746

申请日：2009-12-23

申请人： Xinzhou Wu ,  Junyi Li ,  Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Sanjay Shakkottai ,  Saurabh Tavildar

发明人： Xinzhou Wu ,  Junyi Li ,  Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Sanjay Shakkottai ,  Saurabh Tavildar

IPC分类号： H04L12/28

CPC分类号： H04W8/005 ,  H04W84/18

摘要： Methods and apparatus for supporting multi-hop peer discovery in peer-to-peer wireless networks are disclosed. One method supports multi-hop peer discovery using a first peer having a first unique identification code. The method includes decoding a second peer discovery signal to obtain a second unique identification code and a second local identification code of a second peer received during a peer-to-peer discovery channel, determining whether to select the second peer based on a predetermined criterion; and transmitting a first peer discovery signal having the first unique identification code, the second local identification code and a hop count when the predetermined criterion is satisfied.

摘要翻译： 公开了在对等无线网络中支持多跳对等体发现的方法和装置。 一种方法支持使用具有第一唯一识别码的第一对等体的多跳对等体发现。 该方法包括解码第二对等体发现信号以获得在对等发现信道期间接收的第二对等体的第二唯一标识码和第二本地标识码，基于预定准则确定是否选择第二对等体; 以及当满足所述预定标准时，发送具有所述第一唯一识别码，所述第二本地识别码和跳数的第一对等体发现信号。