Method of remote channel quality determination
First Claim
1. A method of making a quality determination for a plurality of signal channels in a wireless network, comprising:
- sending a channel quality request from a coordinator device in the network to a non-coordinator device in the network;
performing a channel quality determination at the non-coordinator device to determine channel quality information about the plurality of signal channels; and
sending the channel quality information from the non-coordinator device to the coordinator device.
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Abstract
A method is provided for making a quality determination for a plurality of signal channels in an ultrawide bandwidth local network that will not require a coordinator associated with the network to suspend network operation. This is achieved by having the coordinator send a channel quality request to a non-coordinator device in the network. This non-coordinator device then performs a channel quality determination to determine channel quality information about the plurality of signal channels. After it has completed the channel quality determination, the non-coordinator device then sends the channel quality information from the non-coordinator device to the coordinator device. And if the non-coordinator device can accomplish the channel quality determination quickly enough, it need not even remove itself from the network, even temporarily.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of making a quality determination for a plurality of signal channels in a wireless network, comprising:
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sending a channel quality request from a coordinator device in the network to a non-coordinator device in the network;
performing a channel quality determination at the non-coordinator device to determine channel quality information about the plurality of signal channels; and
sending the channel quality information from the non-coordinator device to the coordinator device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of making a quality determination for a plurality of signal channels in a first wireless network, comprising:
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sending a channel quality request from a coordinator device in the local network to a non-coordinator device in the network;
performing a channel quality determination at the non-coordinator device to determine channel quality information about the plurality of signal channels; and
sending the channel quality information from the non-coordinator device to the coordinator device, wherein the channel quality information indicates the presence or absence of one or more overlapping wireless networks on one or more of the plurality of signal channels. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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