METHODS FOR BANDWIDTH EFFICIENT OPERATIONS IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS
First Claim
1. An apparatus capable of establishing a data transmission bandwidth between a transmitting node and a receiving node, the apparatus comprising:
- one or more antenna configured to communicate data; and
processing circuitry configured to;
sense one or more free channels within a data transmission bandwidth comprising multiple channels;
establish a negotiated data transmission bandwidth using at least one of the one or more free channels irrespective of continuity of frequency of the one or more free channels.
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Abstract
A method of establishing a data transmission bandwidth between a transmitting node and a receiving node is provided. The method includes sending a request to send (RTS) message from a transmitting node to a receiving node, the RTS message indicating a data transmission bandwidth to be considered for use in subsequent data transmission and establishing a negotiated data transmission bandwidth comprising multiple channels, wherein each channel comprises a 20 MHz bandwidth, and wherein the multiple channels are at least one of contiguous and non-contiguous in frequency.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus capable of establishing a data transmission bandwidth between a transmitting node and a receiving node, the apparatus comprising:
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one or more antenna configured to communicate data; and processing circuitry configured to; sense one or more free channels within a data transmission bandwidth comprising multiple channels; establish a negotiated data transmission bandwidth using at least one of the one or more free channels irrespective of continuity of frequency of the one or more free channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more antenna configured to communicate data; and processing circuitry configured to; indicate an aggregation level to all nodes capable of transmitting and receiving data, and at least one of;
use the aggregation level to indicate a minimum bandwidth segment that should be individually indicated when negotiating a channel bandwidth;
or indicate the aggregation level along with positions of secondary channels relative to a primary channel. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more antenna configured to communicate data; and processing circuitry configured to; in response to completing a negotiation for a data transmission bandwidth comprising a plurality of channels, select a subset of one or more channels sensed as free within the data transmission bandwidth, and apply a transmission mask configured to enable transmission on of the data on the selected subset and not transmit data on a portion of the one or more channels sensed as free that is not within the subset. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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