METHODS FOR SENDING SMALL PACKETS IN A PEER-TO-PEER (P2P) NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method operational at a second device having a peer-to-peer connection with a first device to facilitate interference management of small packet transmissions using flash signaling within an ad hoc wireless network, comprising:
- receiving a signal in a plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units;
calculating a first phase to be used in a desired signal in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units, the desired signal being sent by the first device; and
determining one resource unit in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units in which the desired signal is sent as a function of the received signal and calculated first phase.
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Abstract
An improved mechanism is provided that facilitates transmission of small packets within an ad hoc peer-to-peer network. A small packet is identified to a receiver within a control channel so that its lower power can be considered in an interference management protocol implemented among local peer devices. In a traffic slot, a transmitter voluntarily backs down on the transmitter power as a smaller packet will require much lower signal-to-noise ratio. This will improve the signal energy per bit per noise power density for the transmission as well as minimize the interference caused to other wireless communications happening in the same spectrum.
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40 Claims
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1. A method operational at a second device having a peer-to-peer connection with a first device to facilitate interference management of small packet transmissions using flash signaling within an ad hoc wireless network, comprising:
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receiving a signal in a plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units; calculating a first phase to be used in a desired signal in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units, the desired signal being sent by the first device; and determining one resource unit in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units in which the desired signal is sent as a function of the received signal and calculated first phase. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A second device having a peer-to-peer connection with a first device to facilitate interference management of small packet transmissions using flash signaling within an ad hoc wireless network, comprising:
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a transmitter and receiver for establishing the peer-to-peer communication connection with the first device; a processing circuit coupled to the transmitter and receiver, wherein the processing circuit is adapted to; receive a signal in a plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units; calculate a first phase to be used in a desired signal in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units, the desired signal being sent by the first device; and determine one resource unit in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units in which the desired signal is sent as a function of the received signal and calculated first phase. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A second device having a peer-to-peer connection with a first device to facilitate interference management of small packet transmissions using flash signaling within an ad hoc wireless network, comprising:
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means for receiving a signal in a plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units; means for calculating a first phase to be used in a desired signal in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units, the desired signal being sent by the first device; and means for determining one resource unit in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units in which the desired signal is sent as a function of the received signal and calculated first phase. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A circuit for facilitating communications over a peer-to-peer network, wherein the circuit operates in a second device having a peer-to-peer connection with a first device to facilitate interference management of small packet transmissions using flash signaling within an ad hoc wireless network, wherein the circuit is adapted to:
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receive a signal in a plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units; calculate a first phase to be used in a desired signal in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units, the desired signal being sent by the first device; and determine one resource unit in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units in which the desired signal is sent as a function of the received signal and calculated first phase.
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21. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions for a second device having a peer-to-peer connection with a first device to facilitate interference management of small packet transmissions using flash signaling within an ad hoc wireless network, which when executed by a processor causes the processor to:
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receive a signal in a plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units; calculate a first phase to be used in a desired signal in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units, the desired signal being sent by the first device; and determine one resource unit in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units in which the desired signal is sent as a function of the received signal and calculated first phase.
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22. A method operational at a first device having a peer-to-peer connection with a second device to facilitate interference management of small packet transmissions within an ad hoc wireless network, comprising:
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partitioning a set of resource units into a plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units; determining one resource unit in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units as a function of a set of bits; and transmitting a signal in the determined one resource unit in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A first device having a peer-to-peer connection with a second device to facilitate interference management of small packet transmissions within an ad hoc wireless network, comprising:
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a transmitter and receiver for establishing the peer-to-peer communication connection with the first device; a processing circuit coupled to the transmitter and receiver, wherein the processing circuit is adapted to; partition a set of resource units into a plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units; determine one resource unit in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units as a function of a set of bits; and transmit a signal in the determined one resource unit in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A first device having a peer-to-peer connection with a second device to facilitate interference management of small packet transmissions within an ad hoc wireless network, comprising:
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means for partitioning a set of resource units into a plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units; means for determining one resource unit in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units as a function of a set of bits; and means for transmitting a signal in the determined one resource unit in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A circuit for facilitating communications over a peer-to-peer network, wherein the circuit operates in a first device having a peer-to-peer connection with a second device to facilitate interference management of small packet transmissions within an ad hoc wireless network, wherein the circuit is adapted to:
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partition a set of resource units into a plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units; determine one resource unit in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units as a function of a set of bits; and transmit a signal in the determined one resource unit in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units.
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40. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions for a first device having a peer-to-peer connection with a second device to facilitate interference management of small packet transmissions within an ad hoc wireless network, which when executed by a processor causes the processor to:
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partition a set of resource units into a plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units; determine one resource unit in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units as a function of a set of bits; and transmit a signal in the determined one resource unit in each of the plurality of predetermined subsets of resource units.
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Specification