LINK RELIABILITY METRICS IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a transmitter in a communication network, an indication of active transmission times of a receiver to which the transmitter attempts to reach with one or more first transmissions, the active transmission times indicating respective times of one or more second transmissions initiated by the receiver;
determining when the one or more first transmissions occur; and
computing a link reliability metric for a link from the transmitter to the receiver by excluding one or more of the first transmissions from the indicated active transmission times of the second transmissions.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a transmitter in a communication network receives an indication of active transmission times of a receiver to which the transmitter attempts to reach with first transmissions, the active transmission times indicating respective times of second transmissions initiated by the receiver. Based on determining when the first transmissions occur, the transmitter may then compute a link reliability metric for a link from the transmitter to the receiver by excluding one or more of the first transmissions from the indicated active transmission times of the second transmissions. In one embodiment, the active transmission times are in the past and the reliability metric excludes any first transmissions in the past during those times, while in another embodiment the active transmission times are scheduled in the future and the reliability metric does not include any first transmissions since the first transmissions may be scheduled to avoid the active transmission times.
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25 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a transmitter in a communication network, an indication of active transmission times of a receiver to which the transmitter attempts to reach with one or more first transmissions, the active transmission times indicating respective times of one or more second transmissions initiated by the receiver; determining when the one or more first transmissions occur; and computing a link reliability metric for a link from the transmitter to the receiver by excluding one or more of the first transmissions from the indicated active transmission times of the second transmissions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; a transceiver configured to communicate in a communication network; and a memory configured to store a process executable by the processor, the process when executed by the processor operable to; receive an indication of active transmission times of a receiver to which the apparatus attempts to reach with one or more first transmissions, the active transmission times indicating respective times of one or more second transmissions initiated by the receiver; determine when the one or more first transmissions occur; and compute a link reliability metric for a link from the apparatus to the receiver by excluding one or more of the first transmissions from the indicated active transmission times of the second transmissions. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media having software encoded thereon, the software, when executed by a processor on a transmitter in a communication network, operable to:
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receive an indication of active transmission times of a receiver to which the transmitter attempts to reach with one or more first transmissions, the active transmission times indicating respective times of one or more second transmissions initiated by the receiver; determine when the one or more first transmissions occur; and compute a link reliability metric for a link from the transmitter to the receiver by excluding one or more of the first transmissions from the indicated active transmission times of the second transmissions. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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