Adaptive network supporting single to concurrent interfering wireless transmissions
First Claim
1. A wireless network infrastructure supporting a plurality of end point devices, the wireless network infrastructure comprising:
- an access point;
a first end point device, communicatively coupled to the access point, having first receiver circuitry that supports single reception;
a second end point device, communicatively coupled to the access point, having second receiver circuitry that supports concurrent interfering receptions;
a third end point device, communicatively coupled to the access point, having third receiver circuitry that supports concurrent interfering receptions;
the access point transmits first data to first receiver circuitry of the first end point device during a first portion of a frame; and
the access point concurrently transmits second data and third data during a second portion of the frame, the second data destined for the second receiver circuitry of the second end point device and third data destined for the third receiver circuitry of the third end point device.
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Abstract
A wireless network infrastructure supporting a plurality of wireless end point devices containing a wireless access point and a plurality of end point wireless devices that supports single transmission and reception and/or concurrent interfering transmission and reception. The wireless access point transmits data to the end point wireless devices that supports single transmission and reception during a first portion of a first data transmission period and simultaneously transmits data to the end point wireless devices that supports concurrent interfering transmission and reception during a second portion of the first data transmission period. The wireless access point simultaneously receives data from the end point wireless devices that supports concurrent interfering transmission and reception during a second data transmission period. The wireless access point detects and separates data that arrive from the Plurality of end point wireless devices that supports concurrent interfering transmission and reception.
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23 Claims
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1. A wireless network infrastructure supporting a plurality of end point devices, the wireless network infrastructure comprising:
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an access point; a first end point device, communicatively coupled to the access point, having first receiver circuitry that supports single reception; a second end point device, communicatively coupled to the access point, having second receiver circuitry that supports concurrent interfering receptions; a third end point device, communicatively coupled to the access point, having third receiver circuitry that supports concurrent interfering receptions; the access point transmits first data to first receiver circuitry of the first end point device during a first portion of a frame; and the access point concurrently transmits second data and third data during a second portion of the frame, the second data destined for the second receiver circuitry of the second end point device and third data destined for the third receiver circuitry of the third end point device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A wireless network infrastructure that supports both a first type of wireless receiver circuitry operable to at least receive concurrent interfering transmissions and a second type of wireless receiver circuitry operable to only receive single transmissions, the wireless network infrastructure comprising:
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a first end point device having first receiver circuitry, the first receiver circuitry comprising either the first type of wireless receiver circuitry or the second type of wireless receiver circuitry; a second end point device having second receiver circuitry, the second receiver circuitry comprising either the first type of wireless receiver circuitry or the second type of wireless receiver circuitry; and an access point, based on interaction with the first end point device and the second end point device, adapts a frame contention of a wireless local area network protocol to accommodate the first receiver circuitry and the second receiver circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A wireless network infrastructure that supports both a first type of wireless receiver circuitry adapted to at least receive concurrent interfering transmissions and a second type of wireless receiver circuitry adapted to only receive single transmissions, the wireless network infrastructure comprising:
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a first end point device having first receiver circuitry, the first receiver circuitry comprising either the first type of wireless receiver circuitry or the second type of wireless receiver circuitry; a second end point device having second receiver circuitry, the second receiver circuitry comprising either the first type of wireless receiver circuitry or the second type of wireless receiver circuitry; an access point having wireless transmitter circuitry, the wireless transmitter circuitry supports single transmissions for communicating to at least the first type of wireless receiver circuitry and concurrent interfering transmissions for communicating to the second type of wireless receiver circuitry; and the access point selects between the single transmissions and the concurrent interfering transmissions to accommodate the first receiver circuitry and the second receiver circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A wireless network infrastructure comprising:
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a first end point device having first wireless receiver circuitry and first wireless transmitter circuitry, the first wireless receiver circuitry supports concurrent interfering transmissions; a second end point device having second wireless receiver circuitry and second wireless transmitter circuitry, the second wireless receiver circuitry supports single transmissions; and an access point having third wireless receiver circuitry and third wireless transmitter circuitry, the third wireless transmitter circuitry delivers single transmissions to communicate with the second end point device, the third wireless transmitter circuitry delivers the concurrent interfering transmissions to communicate with the first end point device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A wireless network infrastructure comprising:
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a plurality of end point devices; a first of the plurality of end point devices having first wireless receiver circuitry and first wireless transmitter circuitry; a second of the plurality of end point devices having second wireless receiver circuitry and second wireless transmitter circuitry; an access point having third wireless receiver circuitry and third wireless transmitter circuitry; the access point manages a protocol that adapts to enable or disable support for concurrent interfering transmissions from the first wireless transmitter and the second wireless transmitter; and the access point directs the adaption based on interaction with both the first of the plurality of end point devices and the second of the plurality of end point devices. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A method performed by a wireless access point that communicates a plurality of packets with a plurality of end point wireless devices, the method comprising:
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receiving first of the plurality of packets destined for single transmissions capable device; receiving second and third of the plurality of packets destined for concurrent interfering transmissions capable device; identifying single and concurrent interfering transmissions capable end point devices; selecting protocol operation in response to the identification; sending the first of the plurality of packets to the single transmissions capable end point devices during a first portion of a frame; and transmitting the second and third of the plurality of packets to the concurrent interfering transmissions of to the concurrent interfering transmissions capable end point devices during a second portion of the frame. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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