CHANNEL ALLOCATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
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1. A channel allocation method in a wireless communication environment where Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) and Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) coexist, comprising:
- collecting, at an access point, information on channels used by the WLANs and WPANs;
determining available WLAN channels and available WPAN channels based on the channel information;
allocating one of the available WLAN channels and one of the available WPAN channels to the access point; and
informing the WLANs and WPANs of the allocated WLAN and WPAN channels.
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Abstract
A channel allocation method for use in a wireless communication environment, where Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) and Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) coexist, includes collecting, at an access point, information on channels used by the WLANs and WPANs, determining available WLAN channels and available WPAN channels based on the channel information, allocating one of the available WLAN channels and one of the available WPAN channels to the access point, and informing the WLANs and WPANs of the allocated WLAN and WPAN channels.
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1. A channel allocation method in a wireless communication environment where Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) and Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) coexist, comprising:
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collecting, at an access point, information on channels used by the WLANs and WPANs; determining available WLAN channels and available WPAN channels based on the channel information; allocating one of the available WLAN channels and one of the available WPAN channels to the access point; and informing the WLANs and WPANs of the allocated WLAN and WPAN channels. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A channel allocation method in a wireless communication environment where Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) and Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) coexist, comprising:
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discovering, at a coordinator, an access point of one of the WLANs; requesting the discovered access point to channel information; and allocating a WPAN channel to as the coordinator'"'"'s own WPAN channel based on the channel information received from the discovered access point. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A channel allocation apparatus in a wireless communication environment where Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) and Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) coexist, comprising:
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a WLAN channel processor which communicates using a WLAN channel; a WPAN channel processor which communicates using a WPAN channel and collects information on WLAN and WPAN channels used by the WLANs and WPANs; and a channel negotiator which determines available WLAN and WPAN channels based on the collected channel information, allocates one of the available WLAN channels and one of the available WPAN channels to an access point to which the channel allocation apparatus belongs, and informs the WLANs and WPANs of the allocated WLAN and WPAN channels. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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- 7. A channel allocation apparatus in a wireless communication environment where Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) and Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) coexist, comprising a coordinator which discovers an access point of one of the WLANs, requests the discovered access point to channel information, and is allocates a WPAN channel as the coordinator'"'"'s own WPAN channel based on the channel information received from the discovered access point.
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