METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR STATION CONTENTION

• US 20140269369A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Ghosh, Chittabrata
• Application Number:
  US13/843,188
• Publication Number:
  US 20140269369A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/08 Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA hybrid access H04W74/02

Abstract

Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments of the invention are disclosed for station contention employable, for example, in connection with wireless networks. In an example embodiment of the invention, a method, comprises: employing a function, wherein said function takes as inputs at least one of: a station transmission opportunity duration, a station priority level, and a slot duration; and receiving, as output from said function, a station contention counter parameter.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

employing a function, wherein said function takes as inputs at least one of;

a station transmission opportunity duration,

a station priority level, and

a slot duration; and

receiving, as output from said function, a station contention counter parameter.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said station contention counter parameter is a contention window minimum.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said station priority level is an access category.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing contention based at least partly on said station contention counter parameter.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining to dispatch, to a station, said station contention counter parameter.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said employment is performed by one or more of a station and an access point.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said slot duration is a duration of a slot within a restricted access window.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform;

employ a function, wherein said function takes as inputs at least one of;

a station transmission opportunity duration,

a station priority level, and

a slot duration; and

receive, as output from said function, a station contention counter parameter.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said station contention counter parameter is a contention window minimum.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said station priority level is an access category.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform contention based at least partly on said station contention counter parameter.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to determine to dispatch, to a station, said station contention counter parameter.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said employment is performed by one or more of a station and an access point.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said slot duration is a duration of a slot within a restricted access window.

15. A computer program product comprising computer executable program code recorded on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer executable program code comprising:

code for causing employ of a function, wherein said function takes as inputs at least one of;

a station transmission opportunity duration,

a station priority level, and

a slot duration; and

code for causing receipt, as output from said function, of a station contention counter parameter.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein said station contention counter parameter is a contention window minimum.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein said station priority level is an access category.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer executable program code further comprises code for causing performance of contention based at least partly on said station contention counter parameter.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein said slot duration is a duration of a slot within a restricted access window.

20. An apparatus, comprising:

means for employing a function, wherein said function takes as inputs at least one of;

a station transmission opportunity duration,

a station priority level, and

a slot duration; and

means for receiving, as output from said function, a station contention counter parameter.