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System and method for providing signal quality feedback in a wireless network

  • US 20030003905A1
  • Filed: 06/20/2002
  • Published: 01/02/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for providing signal quality feedback in a wireless network, including the steps of:

  • sending a data packet from a transmitting device to a receiving device in a wireless data signal sent over a wireless link at a first transmission power and a first data transmission rate;

    receiving the data packet in the wireless data signal at a receiving device;

    determining at the receiving device a signal quality metric for the wireless data signal;

    sending an acknowledgement frame from the receiving device to the transmitting device in a wireless acknowledgement signal, the acknowledgement frame including one or more feedback bits indicating a relative signal quality of the wireless data signal;

    receiving the acknowledgement frame in the wireless acknowledgement signal at the transmitting device; and

    adjusting the first transmission power and the first data transmission rate to a second transmission power and a second data transmission rate, respectively, based on the one or more feedback bits.

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