METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING AND/OR USING A COMMUNICATIONS BAND FOR PEER TO PEER SIGNALING
First Claim
1. A method of operating a communications device, comprising:
- receiving a signal from a wide area network communications device, said signal having been transmitted by the WAN device in one of a plurality of WAN communications bands; and
selecting one of said WAN communications bands for peer to peer communications based on the received signal.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for supporting peer to peer communications are described. A plurality of wide area network communications bands in a wireless communications system are also available for use to communicate peer to peer signals. At different times it may be advantageous for a mobile peer to peer communications device to use a different communications band in order to efficiently share air link resources. A peer to peer communications device receives a signal transmitted by a WAN device, e.g., a base station or WAN wireless terminal, and selects a WAN communications band to use as a function of the received signal, e.g., a corresponding band. In some embodiments, the received signal strength measurements from WAN devices are used in the selection process. In other embodiments, recovered decoded information conveyed in a received WAN device signal is used in the selection process.
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57 Claims
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1. A method of operating a communications device, comprising:
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receiving a signal from a wide area network communications device, said signal having been transmitted by the WAN device in one of a plurality of WAN communications bands; and selecting one of said WAN communications bands for peer to peer communications based on the received signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A wireless terminal, comprising:
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a receiver for receiving a signal from a wide area network communications device, said signal having been transmitted by the WAN device in one of a plurality of WAN communications bands; and a peer to peer communications band selection module for selecting one of said WAN communications bands for peer to peer communications based on the received signal. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A wireless terminal, comprising:
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receiver means for receiving a signal from a wide area network communications device, said signal having been transmitted by the WAN device in one of a plurality of WAN communications bands; and means for selecting one of said WAN communications bands for peer to peer communications based on the received signal. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A computer readable medium embodying machine executable instructions for controlling a communications device to implement a method of communicating with another device, the method comprising:
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receiving a signal from a wide area network communications device, said signal having been transmitted by the WAN device in one of a plurality of WAN communications bands; and selecting one of said WAN communications bands for peer to peer communications based on the received signal. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. An apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to; receive a signal from a wide area network communications device, said signal having been transmitted by the WAN device in one of a plurality of WAN communications bands; and select one of said WAN communications bands for peer to peer communications based on the received signal. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57)
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