Forced silencing of transmitting device
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- sending a message from a sending node to one or more receiving nodes requesting the receiving nodes to reduce transmissions on a wireless medium, wherein the sending node and the receiving nodes are included in a distributed wireless network.
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Abstract
Various embodiments are described relating to sharing scanning operations among nodes in a wireless network, such as a WiMedia ultra-wideband (UWB) network. In an example embodiment, a message may be sent from a sending node to one or more receiving nodes requesting the receiving nodes to reduce transmissions on a wireless medium. The sending node and the receiving nodes may be included in a distributed wireless network. In an example embodiment, the wireless medium may be scanned at the sending node to determine whether the one or more receiving nodes are participating in the distributed wireless network by periodically transmitting beacons during a repeated interval, wherein the scanning may be performed periodically, aperiodically, or continuously.
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28 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
sending a message from a sending node to one or more receiving nodes requesting the receiving nodes to reduce transmissions on a wireless medium, wherein the sending node and the receiving nodes are included in a distributed wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
sending a message from a sending node to one or more receiving nodes alerting the receiving nodes that the receiving nodes are approaching an area in which the receiving nodes are instructed to reduce transmissions on a wireless medium, wherein the sending node and the receiving nodes are included in a distributed wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
receiving a request from a sending node at a receiving node requesting the receiving node to reduce transmissions on a wireless medium, wherein the sending node and the receiving node are included in a distributed wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
receiving a message from a sending node at a receiving device alerting the receiving device that the receiving device is approaching an area in which the receiving device is instructed to reduce transmissions on a wireless medium, wherein the sending node and the receiving device are included in a distributed wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. An apparatus for wireless communications, the apparatus comprising:
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a controller; a memory coupled to the controller; and a wireless transceiver coupled to the controller; the apparatus adapted to; send a message via the wireless transceiver requesting any of one or more devices receiving the message to reduce transmissions on a wireless medium, wherein the apparatus and the any of one or more devices are included in a distributed wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. An apparatus for wireless communications, the apparatus comprising:
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a controller; a memory coupled to the controller; and a wireless transceiver coupled to the controller; the apparatus adapted to; receive a request via the wireless transceiver requesting the apparatus to reduce transmissions on a wireless medium, wherein a device transmitting the message and the apparatus are included in a distributed wireless network.
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26. A computer program product for wireless communications, the computer program product being tangibly embodied on a computer-readable medium and including executable code that, when executed, is configured to cause one or more processors to:
send a message from a sending node to one or more receiving nodes requesting the receiving nodes to reduce transmissions on a wireless medium, wherein the sending node and the receiving nodes are included in a distributed wireless network.
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27. A computer program product for wireless communications, the computer program product being tangibly embodied on a computer-readable medium and including executable code that, when executed, is configured to cause one or more processors to:
receive a request from a sending node at a receiving node requesting the receiving node to reduce transmissions on a wireless medium, wherein the sending node and the receiving node are included in a distributed wireless network.
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28. A communications signal embodied in a wireless communications medium comprising:
a beacon message including an emergency information element indicating information associated with a request to reduce transmissions.
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