System and method for controlling wireless lan bandwidth allocation
First Claim
1. In a wireless local area network (wLAN), a method for controlling bandwidth allocation, the method comprising:
- expressing device bandwidth allocations in terms of a time base;
in response to expressing the bandwidth allocation in terms of a time base, monitoring network communications; and
, measuring the allocated bandwidths.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for controlling bandwidth allocation in a wireless local area network (wLAN). The method comprises: expressing device bandwidth allocations in terms of a time base; in response to expressing the bandwidth allocation in terms of a time base, monitoring network communications; and, measuring the allocated bandwidths. The method may further comprise: establishing polling schedules in response to the time-based bandwidth allocation; and, de-energizing devices in response to the polling schedules. Expressing device bandwidth allocations in terms of a time base includes establishing: an inter-transmission opportunity (TXOP) interval; and, a TXOP jitter. These fields are supplied in the IEEE 802.11e transmit specification (TSPEC). Then, de-energizing devices in response to the polling schedule includes disengaging transmission and receiving functions in the minimum TXOP intervals between polling events, where the minimum TXOP interval is the inter-TXOP interval minus the TXOP jitter.
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24 Claims
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1. In a wireless local area network (wLAN), a method for controlling bandwidth allocation, the method comprising:
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expressing device bandwidth allocations in terms of a time base;
in response to expressing the bandwidth allocation in terms of a time base, monitoring network communications; and
,measuring the allocated bandwidths. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a wireless local area network (wLAN), a method for saving portable device power, the method comprising:
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expressing device bandwidth allocations in terms of a time base;
in response to expressing the bandwidth allocation in terms of a time base, establishing polling schedules; and
,de-energizing devices in response to the polling schedules.
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12. In a wireless local area network (wLAN), a method for saving portable device power, the method comprising:
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expressing device bandwidth allocations in terms of a time base;
in response to expressing the bandwidth allocation in terms of a time base, establishing station (STA) transmission schedules; and
,de-energizing STAs in response to the transmission schedules. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. In wireless local area network (wLAN) system for controlling bandwidth allocation, the system comprising:
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at least one station (STA), each STA having a wireless port to communicate information in a bandwidth allocation expressed in terms of a time base; and
,a hybrid coordinator (HC) having a wireless communications port to monitor the STA communications and measure the allocated STA bandwidths. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A wireless local area network (wLAN) system for saving portable device power, the system comprising:
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a hybrid coordinator (HC) having a wireless communications port for polling using polling schedules established in response to a time-based bandwidth allocation; and
,at least one station (STA), each STA having a wireless port to communicate information in the allocated bandwidth and de-energizing transmission and receiver functions in response to the polling schedules.
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