AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (ARQ) COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING PHYSICAL LAYER MONITORING
First Claim
1. A communications system, comprising:
- a plurality of nodes forming a wireless mesh network;
a plurality of wireless communication links connecting the nodes together;
each node comprising a communications device having a physical layer (PHY) and a media access control (MAC) layer in accordance with the Open System Interconnect (OSI) model and operative for transmitting and receiving communications packets wirelessly to and from other nodes via the wireless communications links in an automatic repeat request (ARQ) mode, wherein said physical layer monitors channel parameters of the wireless communications link when in an ARQ mode and based on the channel parameters, communicates to the MAC layer over-the-air (OTA) parameters used for transmitting packets.
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Abstract
A communication system includes a plurality of nodes forming a wireless mesh network. A plurality of wireless communication links connect the nodes together. Each node is formed as a communications device having a physical layer and a media access control (MAC) layer in accordance with the Open System Interconnect (OSI) model and operative for transmitting and receiving communications packets to and from other nodes via the wireless communication links in an Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ) mode. The physical layer monitors channel parameters of the wireless communications link when in an ARQ mode and, based on the channel parameters, communicates to the MAC layer over-the-air (OTA) parameters used for transmitting packets.
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21 Claims
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1. A communications system, comprising:
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a plurality of nodes forming a wireless mesh network; a plurality of wireless communication links connecting the nodes together; each node comprising a communications device having a physical layer (PHY) and a media access control (MAC) layer in accordance with the Open System Interconnect (OSI) model and operative for transmitting and receiving communications packets wirelessly to and from other nodes via the wireless communications links in an automatic repeat request (ARQ) mode, wherein said physical layer monitors channel parameters of the wireless communications link when in an ARQ mode and based on the channel parameters, communicates to the MAC layer over-the-air (OTA) parameters used for transmitting packets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
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a wireless transceiver comprising a physical layer (PRY) and a media access control (MAC) layer in accordance with the Open System Interconnect (OSI) model and operative for transmitting and receiving communications packets wirelessly to and from other transceivers over a wireless communications link in an automatic repeat request (ARQ) mode; a channel monitoring circuit at the physical layer that monitors channel parameters of a wireless communications link over which the wireless transceiver communicates packets when in an ARQ mode; and a processor at the physical layer that receives and processes the monitored channel parameters from the monitoring circuit and communicates to the MAC layer over-the-air (OTA) parameters used for transmitting communications packets. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for communicating, comprising:
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transmitting a communications packet wirelessly from a transceiver to a destination node using an automatic repeat request (ARQ) protocol, wherein the transceiver includes a physical layer and a media access control (MAC) layer; monitoring from the physical layer at the communications channel that exists between the transceiver and destination node when the transceiver is in an ARQ mode; communicating, over-the-air-(OTA)-parameters, from the physical layer to MAC layer based on monitored channel parameters; and adapting the OTA parameters based on the monitored channel parameters. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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