公开(公告)号：US09787777B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-10

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： H04L12/28 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W68/00 ,  H04W40/24

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. FIG. 4

公开(公告)号：US08861418B2

公开(公告)日：2014-10-14

申请号：US12166603

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： H04H20/71 ,  H04B7/216 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04L12/56 ,  H04J3/26 ,  H04J3/17 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04W4/08

CPC分类号： H04W4/08 ,  H04W8/186

摘要： Methods and apparatus related to group communications in a wireless communications system, e.g., a peer to peer wireless communications system, are described. Methods and apparatus directed to 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, are described. 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 in a decentralized manner. Some features and/or aspects are directed to the use of individual group member acknowledgement signaling in response to a transmitted group traffic data signal. By monitoring for anticipated individual group member acknowledgment signals and identifying members which have not signaled a positive acknowledgment, re-transmission can be directed and/or tailored to a subset of the group.

摘要翻译： 描述了与无线通信系统中的组通信相关的方法和装置，例如对等无线通信系统。 描述了针对封闭组的方法和装置，例如，其中组成员的数量在给定时间被固定并且对该组的一个或多个成员已知的那些。 各种实施例非常适合于分散的对等无线网络，其包括多个单独的业务资源，例如业务时隙和/或业务段，其可以以分散的方式独立地调度。 一些特征和/或方面针对响应于所发送的组业务数据信号的单独组成员确认信令的使用。 通过监视预期的个人组成员确认信号和识别尚未发出肯定确认的成员，可以针对该组的子集来定向和/或定制重新发送。

公开(公告)号：US08630281B2

公开(公告)日：2014-01-14

申请号：US11775793

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： H04J3/06

CPC分类号： H04L67/1061 ,  H04J3/0638 ,  H04L5/0007 ,  H04L5/0032 ,  H04L5/0037 ,  H04L12/18 ,  H04L67/1093 ,  H04W8/005 ,  H04W56/001 ,  H04W56/0015 ,  H04W84/18

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).

摘要翻译： 描述了系统和方法，其便于在对等网络中的对等体发现期间基于编码信号来识别对等体。 例如，可以利用将时间 - 频率资源分割成多个段的直接信令来在对等设备发现间隔内传送标识符; 因此，选择用于传输的特定片段可以发送标识符的一部分，而可以基于在所选择的段内通信的音调来发信号通知剩余部分。 此外，可以保留资源内的符号子集（例如，未使用的）以使得能够识别和/或校正定时偏移。 此外，可以在多个对等点发现间隔上实现信令，使得可以链接每个对等设备发现间隔期间通信的部分标识符（例如，基于重叠位和/或布隆过滤器信息）。

公开(公告)号：US08521194B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-27

申请号：US11775461

申请日：2007-07-10

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

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

IPC分类号： H04W68/00

CPC分类号： H04W76/14 ,  H04W68/00 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04W76/11

摘要： Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate paging within a peer-to-peer communication network. A first wireless terminal monitors the paging channel of a wide area network. When a second wireless terminal intends to establish a peer-to-peer connection with the first wireless terminal, the second wireless terminal generates a paging message and transfers the message to the WAN, which routes the paging message to a base station. The base station uses its paging channel to send a paging message to the target first wireless terminal. The paging message indicates to the target first wireless terminal that the second wireless terminal intends to establish a peer-to-peer connection with the first wireless terminal. The paging message may further include parameters to be used to establish the peer-to-peer connection. Upon reception of the paging message, the second wireless terminal sends a signal directly to the first wireless terminal to start the direct peer-to-peer communication.

摘要翻译： 描述了促进对等通信网络内的寻呼的系统和方法。 第一无线终端监视广域网的寻呼信道。 当第二无线终端意图与第一无线终端建立点对点连接时，第二无线终端生成寻呼消息，并将消息传送到WAN，该寻呼消息将寻呼消息路由到基站。 基站使用其寻呼信道向目标第一无线终端发送寻呼消息。 寻呼消息向目标第一无线终端指示第二无线终端旨在建立与第一无线终端的对等连接。 寻呼消息还可以包括用于建立对等连接的参数。 在接收到寻呼消息时，第二无线终端直接向第一无线终端发送信号以开始直接对等通信。

公开(公告)号：US08391879B2

公开(公告)日：2013-03-05

申请号：US12267888

申请日：2008-11-10

申请人： Junyi Li ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Gavin Horn ,  Ashwin Sampath ,  Xinzhou Wu

发明人： Junyi Li ,  Saurabh Tavildar ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Gavin Horn ,  Ashwin Sampath ,  Xinzhou Wu

IPC分类号： H04W72/00

CPC分类号： H04W72/1278 ,  H04L5/0007 ,  H04L5/0032 ,  H04L5/0053 ,  H04L5/0091 ,  H04L67/104 ,  H04W72/1226 ,  H04W84/18

摘要： Methods and apparatus well suited to decentralized traffic scheduling in wireless peer to peer network are described. An individual wireless terminal corresponding to a peer to peer connection makes a transmitter yielding or receiver yielding decision for a traffic slot. Quality of service information is disseminated as part of the scheduling control signaling. A scheduling control signal, e.g., a traffic transmission request signal or a traffic transmission request response signal, includes a pilot portion and a quality of service information portion. The pilot facilitates the recovery of the quality of service information by a plurality of different devices which may have different channel conditions with respect to the transmitter of the scheduling control signal. The different devices may benefit from utilizing the recovered quality of service information in making a yielding decision regarding traffic signaling in a traffic segment.

摘要翻译： 描述了非常适合无线对等网络中分散业务调度的方法和设备。 与对等连接相对应的单个无线终端为业务时隙做出发射机屈服或接收机容易判定。 服务质量信息作为调度控制信令的一部分传播。 诸如业务传输请求信号或业务传输请求响应信号的调度控制信号包括导频部分和服务质量信息部分。 导频有助于通过可能具有与调度控制信号的发射机不同的信道条件的多个不同设备来恢复业务质量信息。 不同的设备可以受益于利用恢复的服务质量信息作出关于业务段中的业务信令的收益决定。

公开(公告)号：US08385826B2

公开(公告)日：2013-02-26

申请号：US12465938

申请日：2009-05-14

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

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

IPC分类号： H04B7/00

CPC分类号： H04W72/12 ,  H04W8/005 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04W88/06

摘要： Methods and apparatus well suited for supporting communications over different ranges in, for example, a peer to peer wireless communications system, are described. In the peer to peer network at least some of the types of signals, e.g., peer discovery signals and/or paging signals, are transmitted with no closed loop power control. An exemplary peer to peer timing structure includes air link resources allocated for a particular type of signaling in which the resources are segmented into multiple blocks which do not overlap in time, different ones of the multiple blocks being associated with different ranges. The characteristics of the basic transmission units of the multiple blocks based on range are different, e.g., tone size and symbol width are different. A wireless communications device implements the peer to peer timing structure and uses resources from different range based blocks at different times. Data traffic transmission units may be the same regardless of the range.

摘要翻译： 描述了非常适合于支持例如对等无线通信系统中的不同范围的通信的方法和装置。 在对等网络中，在没有闭环功率控制的情况下，发送至少一些类型的信号，例如对等体发现信号和/或寻呼信号。 示例性的对等定时结构包括为特定类型的信令分配的空中链路资源，其中资源被分段成多个不在时间上重叠的块，多个块中的不同的块与不同的范围相关联。 基于范围的多个块的基本传输单元的特征是不同的，例如，音调尺寸和符号宽度不同。 无线通信设备实现对等定时结构，并且在不同时间使用来自不同基于范围的块的资源。 无论范围如何，数据业务传输单元可能相同。

公开(公告)号：US08160039B2

公开(公告)日：2012-04-17

申请号：US12268158

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： H04W4/00

CPC分类号： H04L25/03343 ,  H04L5/0007 ,  H04L5/0048 ,  H04L25/0224 ,  H04L2025/03414

摘要： Methods and apparatus for performing peer to peer communications with access routers and non-access router peer devices are described. An access terminal generates a channel estimate estimating the channel between the access terminal and an access router. For at least some communication with the access router, a channel compensation operation is performed on a symbol to be transmitted prior to its transmission to the access router. In contrast, symbols transmitted to other access terminals are not subject to a channel compensation operation prior to transmission with the receiving access terminal being responsible for implementing a channel compensation operation on the received signal.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于与接入路由器和非接入路由器对等设备进行对等通信的方法和装置。 接入终端生成估计接入终端与接入路由器之间的信道的信道估计。 对于与接入路由器的至少一些通信，在要传输到接入路由器之前要对要发送的符号执行信道补偿操作。 相反，发送到其他接入终端的符号在接收接入终端负责对接收到的信号执行信道补偿操作之前不进行信道补偿操作。

公开(公告)号：US08140103B2

公开(公告)日：2012-03-20

申请号：US12142588

申请日：2008-06-19

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

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

IPC分类号： H04B7/00

CPC分类号： H04W52/46 ,  H04W52/246 ,  H04W52/325 ,  H04W52/383 ,  H04W72/1226 ,  H04W84/18

摘要： An ad hoc peer-to-peer network is provided in which a transmitter wireless terminal is configured to establish a peer-to-peer communication link with a receiver wireless terminal over a shared communication channel. The transmitter wireless terminal may scale its transmit power as a function of a channel gain for the communication channel between the transmitter and receiver wireless terminals. The scaled transmit power may be utilized by the transmitter and receiver wireless terminals to perform link scheduling over the communication channel. For instance, the scaled transmit power may be used by the transmitter wireless terminal to perform a transmitter yielding with other neighboring transmitter wireless terminals utilizing the shared communication channel. Similarly, the scaled transmit power may be used by the receiver wireless terminal to perform receiver yielding with other neighboring receiver wireless terminal utilizing the shared communication channel.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种ad hoc对等网络，其中发射机无线终端被配置为通过共享通信信道与接收机无线终端建立点对点通信链路。 发射机无线终端可以根据发射机和接收机无线终端之间的通信信道的信道增益来扩展其发射功率。 发射机和接收机无线终端可以利用缩放的发射功率在通信信道上执行链路调度。 例如，发射机无线终端可以使用缩放的发射功率来执行利用共享通信信道的其他相邻发射机无线终端的发射机。 类似地，缩放的发射功率可以由接收机无线终端使用，以利用共享通信信道与其他相邻的接收机无线终端一起执行接收机产生。

公开(公告)号：US08134924B2

公开(公告)日：2012-03-13

申请号：US11945746

申请日：2007-11-27

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

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

IPC分类号： G08C15/00 ,  H04J3/16 ,  H04L12/56

CPC分类号： H04W72/1263 ,  H04W28/22

摘要： Methods and apparatus related to scheduling decisions of a peer to peer communications device for transmission into traffic intervals are described. A first peer to peer communications device maintains a set of information which allows it to base a scheduling decision for a current traffic interval upon prior performance in a prior traffic interval in which users of other connections were also operating. In some embodiments, the set of information includes a list of device or connection identifiers which the first peer to peer communications device has previously determined to have corresponded to a prior traffic interval in which the first peer to peer device had a low determined data rate. In some embodiments, the set of information includes: (i) a list of device or connection identifiers corresponding to prior traffic intervals and (ii) first peer to peer device data rate information associated with the prior traffic intervals

摘要翻译： 描述与对等通信设备的调度决策相关的传输到业务间隔的方法和设备。 第一对等通信设备维护一组信息，其允许其基于在其他连接的用户也在操作的先前业务间隔中的先前性能的当前业务间隔的调度决定。 在一些实施例中，该组信息包括第一对等通信设备先前已经确定已对应于第一对等设备具有低确定数据速率的先前业务间隔的设备或连接标识符的列表。 在一些实施例中，该组信息包括：（i）对应于先前业务间隔的设备或连接标识符的列表，以及（ii）与先前业务间隔相关联的第一对等设备数据速率信息

公开(公告)号：US20120020234A1

公开(公告)日：2012-01-26

申请号：US13250930

申请日：2011-09-30

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

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

IPC分类号： H04W24/00

CPC分类号： H04W72/1242 ,  H04W28/22 ,  H04W48/08 ,  H04W52/16 ,  H04W52/18 ,  H04W52/267 ,  H04W72/0473 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W76/14 ,  H04W92/18

摘要： Methods and apparatus related to peer to peer communication networks are described. Embodiments directed to methods and apparatus for establishing traffic data transmission rates and/or transmission power levels between wireless terminals is described. Embodiments direct to methods and apparatus of making decisions whether or not to transmit as a function of the received power of the received response signals are also described. Transmission of pilot signals after granting of a transmission request and a decision to transmit traffic data has been made occurs in some embodiments. Rate information to be used in determining a traffic rate may be received in response to the pilot signal from a peer to peer (P2P) device.

摘要翻译： 描述了与对等通信网络相关的方法和设备。 描述了用于在无线终端之间建立业务数据传输速率和/或传输功率电平的方法和装置的实施例。 还描述了根据接收到的响应信号的接收功率来决定是否发送的方法和装置的实施例。 在一些实施例中已经发生了在授予发送请求之后的导频信号的传输和传送业务数据的决定。 可以响应于来自对等（P2P）设备的导频信号来接收用于确定业务速率的速率信息。