System and related methods for clustering multi-point communication targets
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1. A method comprising:
- measuring one or more performance characteristics associated with each of at least a subset of a plurality of targets in a wireless communication system; and
selectively building one or more clusters, each cluster including one or more target(s) and which share wireless communication channel(s), based at least in part on the performance characteristics.
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Abstract
A system and related methods for clustering multi-point communication targets is presented. According to one aspect of the invention, a method comprising measuring one or more performance characteristics associated for each of at least a subset of a plurality of targets in a wireless communication system, and selectively building one or more clusters, each cluster including one or more target(s) and sharing a wireless communication channel, based at least in part on the performance characteristics.
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1. A method comprising:
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measuring one or more performance characteristics associated with each of at least a subset of a plurality of targets in a wireless communication system; and
selectively building one or more clusters, each cluster including one or more target(s) and which share wireless communication channel(s), based at least in part on the performance characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A communication station comprising:
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wireless communication resources; and
a communication agent, coupled with the wireless communication resources, to populate cluster(s) with one or more target(s) based, at least in part, on one or more estimated performance characteristics associated with the targets, and to develop a weighting value for at least a subset of the populated clusters to generate a transmission beam to target(s) within the cluster(s) based, at least in part, on the developed weighting value. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. In a wireless communication system implementing general packet radio services (GPRS), a method comprising:
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populating cluster(s) with one or more target(s) based, at least in part, on measured performance characteristics of each of the one or more target(s); and
developing a weighting value for at least a subset of the populated clusters to generate a transmission beam to target(s) within the cluster(s) based, at least in part, on the cluster spatial signature. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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