METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR SWITCHING TRAFFIC STREAMS AMONG MULTIPLE BANDS

• US 20110261735A1
• Filed: 12/23/2010
• Published: 10/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: CORDEIRO, Carlos
• Granted Patent: US 8,885,621 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/310
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/005 adapting radio receivers, transmitters andtransceivers for operation on two or more bands, i.e. frequency ranges
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1607 Details of the supervisory signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1621 Group acknowledgement, i.e. the acknowledgement message defining a range of identifiers, e.g. of sequence numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0064 Rate requirement of the data, e.g. scalable bandwidth, data priority
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0092 Indication of how the channel is divided
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1215 for collaboration of different radio technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A multiband station, a system and a method of setting a traffic steam or a block acknowledgement with a second multiband station on a first frequency band and a first channel. The multiband station may send a request on a second channel and a second frequency by including a channel, a frequency band and medium access control (MAC) address information as part of the request and response exchange.

Claims

1. A method of managing traffic streams in a multiband wireless network, the method comprising:

setting a traffic steam or a block acknowledgement agreement with a second multiband station on a first frequency band and a first channel by sending a request by a first multiband station on a second channel and a second frequency while communicating on the second channel and the second frequency band wherein, the request includes a information on a channel, information on a frequency band and medium access control (MAC) address information.

2. The method of claim 1 comprising:

receiving a response from the second multiband station on the second channel and the second frequency band, wherein, the response includes information on a channel information, information on a frequency band and medium access control (MAC) address information.

3. The method of claim 1 comprising:

receiving a response from the second multiband station on the first channel and the first frequency band.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein setting comprising:

sending an ADDTS Request to the second multi-band station; and

wherein the ADDTS Request includes the information on first channel, information on the first frequency band and the MAC address of the first station in the first channel.

5. The method of claim 2 comprising:

receiving an ADDTS Response from the second multiband station, wherein the ADDTS Response includes information on the first channel, information on the first frequency band the and a MAC address of the second multiband station in the first channel.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein setting comprising:

sending an ADDBA Request to the second multi-band station; and

wherein the ADDBA Request includes information on the first channel, information on the first frequency band and the MAC address of the first station in the first channel.

7. The method of claim 2 comprising:

receiving an ADDBA Response from the second multiband station, wherein the ADDBA Response includes information on the first channel, information on the first frequency band the and a MAC address of the second multiband station in the first channel.

8. The method of claim 6, comprising

sending a delete block acknowledgement (DELBA) or delete traffic stream (DELTS) frames from the first multiband station on the second channel and the second band wherein the DELBA and DELTS frames include information on the first channel, information on the first frequency band the and a MAC address of the first multiband station in the first channel and second frequency band.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the first multiband station comprises:

a first MAC address in the first frequency band first channel, a second MAC address in the second frequency band second channel and the second multiband station comprises a third MAC address in the first frequency band first channel and a fourth MAC address in the second band and second channel.

10. A multiband station comprising:

at least a first radio and a second radio wherein the first radio is to operate in a first channel and a first frequency band and the second radio is to operate in a second channel and a second frequency band; and

a medium access control (MAC) processor to set a traffic steam or block acknowledgement with a second multiband station on the first frequency band and the first channel by sending a request on a second channel and a second frequency band wherein the request includes information on a channel, information on a frequency band and medium access control (MAC) address information and to receive a response from the second multiband station on the second band and the second frequency band wherein the response includes information on a channel, information on a frequency band and medium access control (MAC) address information.

11. The multiband station of claim 10, wherein the first frequency band and the second frequency band are the same frequency band.

12. The multiband station of claim 10, wherein the MAC processor is able to send an ADDTS Request to the second multi-band station wherein the ADDTS Request includes information on the first channel, information on the first frequency band and the MAC address of the first station in the first channel.

13. The multiband station of claim 10, wherein the MAC processor is able to receive an ADDTS Response from the second multiband station, wherein the ADDTS Response includes information on the first channel, information on the first frequency band and the MAC address of the second multiband station in the first channel.

14. The multiband station of claim 10, wherein the MAC processor is able to send an ADDBA Request to the second multi-band station wherein the ADDBA Request includes information on the first channel, information on the first frequency band and the MAC address of the first station in the first channel.

15. The multiband station of claim 10, wherein the MAC processor is able to receive an ADDBA Response from the second multiband station, wherein the ADDBA Response includes information on the first channel, information on the first frequency band the and a MAC address of the second multiband station in the first channel.

16. The multiband station of claim 10, wherein the MAC processor is able to send a delete block acknowledgement (DELBA) or delete traffic stream (DELTS) frame from the first multiband station on the second channel and the second band wherein the DELBA and DELTS frames include information on the first channel, information on the first frequency band and the MAC address of the first multiband station in the first channel and first frequency band.

17. The multiband station of claim 10, wherein the first multiband station comprises:

a first MAC address in the first frequency band first channel, a second MAC address in the second frequency band second channel and the second multiband station comprises a third MAC address in the first frequency band first channel and a fourth MAC address in the second band and second channel.

18. A wireless communication system comprising:

at least a first radio and a second radio wherein the first radio is to operate in a first channel and a first frequency band and the second radio is to operate in a second channel and a second frequency band; and

a medium access control (MAC) processor to set a traffic steam or block acknowledgement with a second multiband station on the first frequency band and the first channel by sending a request on a second channel and a second frequency band wherein the request includes information on a channel, information on a frequency band and medium access control (MAC) address information and to receive a response from the second multiband station on the second band and the second frequency band wherein the response includes information on a channel, information on a frequency band and medium access control (MAC) address information.

19. The wireless communication system of claim 18, wherein the first frequency band and the second frequency band are the same.

20. The wireless communication system of claim 18, wherein the MAC processor is able to send an ADDTS Request to the second multi-band station wherein the ADDTS Request includes information on the first channel, information on the first frequency band and the MAC address of the first station in the first channel.

21. The wireless communication system of claim 18, wherein the MAC processor is able to receive an ADDTS Response from the second multiband station, wherein the ADDTS Response includes information on the first channel, information on the first frequency band and the MAC address of the second multiband station in the first channel.

22. The wireless communication system of claim 18, wherein the MAC processor is able to send an ADDBA Request to the second multi-band station wherein the ADDBA Request includes information on the first channel, the first frequency band and the MAC address of the first station in the first channel.

23. The wireless communication system of claim 18, wherein the MAC processor is able to receive an ADDBA Response from the second multiband station, wherein the ADDBA Response includes information on the first channel, information on the first frequency band and the MAC address of the second multiband station in the first channel.

24. The wireless communication system of claim 18, wherein the MAC processor is able to send a delete block acknowledgement (DELBA) or delete traffic stream (DELTS) frames from the first multiband station on the second channel and the second band wherein the DELBA and DELTS frames include information on the first channel, information on the first frequency band and the MAC address of the first multiband station in the first channel and first frequency band.

25. The wireless communication system of claim 18, wherein the first multiband station comprises a first MAC address in the first frequency band first channel, a second MAC address in the second frequency band second channel and the second multiband station comprises a third MAC address in the first frequency band first channel and a fourth MAC address in the second band and second channel.