Apparatus, and associated method, for reporting a measurement summary in a radio communication system
First Claim
1. In a first radio communication system in which a selected portion of a frequency band is dynamically selectable upon which to communicate a first-system-type data packet, the frequency band also selectably utilized by a second radio communication system upon which selectably to communicate a second-system-type data packet, an improvement of apparatus for a communication station operable in the first radio communication system, said apparatus at least for reporting whether the portion of the frequency band to which the communication station is tuned is being used to communicate the first-system-type data packet, said apparatus comprising:
- an indicator at least coupled to receive an inciation of a determination of whether the first-system-type data packet is communicated upon the portion of the frequency band to which the communication station is tuned, said indicator for generating an indication signal representative of the determination; and
a reporter coupled to receive the indication signal generated by said indicator, said reporter for generating a report message that includes a field populated with a value indicative of the indication signal generated by said indicator.
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Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, for generating a message summary field. The message summary field indicates whether 802.11-formatted data packets are communicated upon a frequency range to which a mobile station operable in an IEEE 802.11 radio communication system is tuned. An indicator indicates whether an 802.11 data packet is detected. And, a reporter generates a measurement summary which includes a measurement summary field populated with a value indicating the determination. Subsequent analysis of the value of the field of the measurement summary is utilized pursuant to dynamic frequency selection operations.
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20 Claims
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1. In a first radio communication system in which a selected portion of a frequency band is dynamically selectable upon which to communicate a first-system-type data packet, the frequency band also selectably utilized by a second radio communication system upon which selectably to communicate a second-system-type data packet, an improvement of apparatus for a communication station operable in the first radio communication system, said apparatus at least for reporting whether the portion of the frequency band to which the communication station is tuned is being used to communicate the first-system-type data packet, said apparatus comprising:
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an indicator at least coupled to receive an inciation of a determination of whether the first-system-type data packet is communicated upon the portion of the frequency band to which the communication station is tuned, said indicator for generating an indication signal representative of the determination; and
a reporter coupled to receive the indication signal generated by said indicator, said reporter for generating a report message that includes a field populated with a value indicative of the indication signal generated by said indicator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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12. In a method for communicating in a first radio communication system in which a selected portion of a frequency band is dynamically selectable upon which to communicate a first-system-type data packet, the frequency band also selectably utilized by a second radio communication system upon which selectably to communicate a second-system-type data packet, an improvement of a method for a communication station operable in the first radio communication system, said method at least for reporting whether the portion of the frequency band to which the communication station is tuned is being used to communicate the first-system-type data packet, said method comprising:
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generating an indication signal representative of a determination of whether the first-system-type data packet is communicated upon the portion of the frequency band to which the communication station is tuned; and
forming a report message that includes a field populated with a value indicative of the indication signal generated during said operation of generating.
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19. In a communication station operable pursuant to an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11 standard within a frequency band also used by another communication system, an improvement of measurement summary apparatus at the communication station, said measurement summary apparatus comprising:
a selected field populator for populating a selected field of a measurement summary with an indication of whether a portion of the frequency band to which the communication station is tuned is being used to communicate an 802.11-standard-formatted data packet.
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20. A method for changing the channel assignment in a wireless LAN system using a clear channel assignment mechanism for randomly accessing a channel, said method comprising the steps of:
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tuning to the desired frequency;
performing a Clear Channel Assessment test;
determining a beacon decodability; and
reporting a physical layer and a media access control to an access point.
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