Scheduling of Isochronous Traffic in Time and Frequency To Reduce Contention
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- at a plurality of wireless access point devices and/or a plurality of wireless client devices in a wireless network, initiating bursts of wireless transmissions carrying isochronous traffic from wireless access point devices to their associated client devices and/or from wireless client devices to their respective wireless access point devices at start times that are scheduled so as to reduce a likelihood of interference between multiple bursts of wireless transmissions for different isochronous traffic flows.
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Abstract
Techniques are provided to reduce contention (interference) between bursts associated with multiple isochronous traffic flows. Generally, the techniques involve, at a plurality of wireless access point devices and/or a plurality of wireless client devices in a wireless network, initiating bursts of wireless transmissions carrying isochronous traffic from wireless access point devices to their associated client devices and/or from wireless client devices to their respective wireless access point devices at start times that are scheduled so as to reduce a likelihood of interference between multiple bursts of wireless transmissions for different isochronous traffic flows.
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23 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
at a plurality of wireless access point devices and/or a plurality of wireless client devices in a wireless network, initiating bursts of wireless transmissions carrying isochronous traffic from wireless access point devices to their associated client devices and/or from wireless client devices to their respective wireless access point devices at start times that are scheduled so as to reduce a likelihood of interference between multiple bursts of wireless transmissions for different isochronous traffic flows. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus comprising:
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a network interface device configured to enable communications over a network to communicate with a plurality of wireless devices configured for wireless communication in a wireless network; a processor configured to be coupled to the network interface, wherein the processor is configured to; generate schedule data configured to control a plurality of wireless network access point devices and/or a plurality of wireless client devices to initiate bursts of wireless transmissions carrying isochronous traffic from wireless access point devices to their associated client devices and/or from wireless client devices to their respective wireless access point devices at start times so as to reduce a likelihood of interference between bursts of wireless transmissions for different isochronous traffic flows. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A processor readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
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receive from a plurality of wireless access point devices and/or wireless client devices operating in a wireless network, messages indicating relatively long-lived isochronous traffic flows to be wirelessly transmitted from wireless access point devices to their associated client devices and/or from wireless client devices to their respective wireless access point devices; determine which of the plurality of wireless access point devices and/or wireless client devices are in sufficient radio frequency proximity so as to interfere with each other; based on the messages received from the wireless access point devices and/or wireless client devices concerning the isochronous traffic flows and the radio frequency proximity of wireless access point devices, generate schedule data representing the start times for wireless transmission bursts within each isochronous traffic flow from respective ones of the plurality of wireless access point devices and/or respective ones of the plurality of wireless client devices so as to reduce a likelihood of interference between multiple bursts of wireless transmissions for different isochronous traffic flows; and generate messages for transmission to the plurality of wireless network access point devices and/or wireless client devices, the messages containing the schedule data. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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