Wireless communication with probing bandwidth
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a first device and a second device configured to communicate over a selected wireless communication channel selected from a band of channels or over a selected set of channels used in an adaptive frequency hopping scheme;
the first device configured to transmit a probe signal that has a plurality of frequencies contained within the band of channels;
the second device configured to receive the probe signal that has the plurality of frequencies within the band of channels, and then determine a signal strength of the received probe signal for each of a plurality of potential communication channels within the band of channels; and
the first and second devices configured to switch to another wireless communication channel or set of channels based at least in part on the signal strength of the probe signal for each of a plurality of potential wireless communication channels.
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Abstract
A system embodiment includes a first device and a second device configured to communicate over a selected wireless communication channel selected from a band of channels or over a selected set of channels used in an adaptive frequency hopping scheme. The first device is configured to transmit a probe signal that has a plurality of frequencies contained within the band of channels, and the second device is configured to determine a signal strength of the probe signal for each of a plurality of potential communication channels within the band of channels. The first and second devices configured to switch to another wireless communication channel based at least in part on the signal strength of the probe signal for each of a plurality of potential wireless communication channels.
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23 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a first device and a second device configured to communicate over a selected wireless communication channel selected from a band of channels or over a selected set of channels used in an adaptive frequency hopping scheme; the first device configured to transmit a probe signal that has a plurality of frequencies contained within the band of channels; the second device configured to receive the probe signal that has the plurality of frequencies within the band of channels, and then determine a signal strength of the received probe signal for each of a plurality of potential communication channels within the band of channels; and the first and second devices configured to switch to another wireless communication channel or set of channels based at least in part on the signal strength of the probe signal for each of a plurality of potential wireless communication channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method, comprising:
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communicating over a selected wireless communication channel selected from a band of channels; transmitting a probe signal that has a plurality of frequencies contained within the band of channels; receiving the probe signal that has the plurality of frequencies contained within the band of channels, and then determining a signal strength of the received probe signal for each of a plurality of potential wireless communication channels within the band of channels; and switching to another wireless communication channel based at least in part on a carrier signal (C) strength for the probe signal for each of a plurality of potential wireless communication channels. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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