Method for assigning band port channels in an unlicensed personal communications system
First Claim
1. A method for conducting a channel searching procedure for a plurality of radio ports in a wireless communication system using a listen-before-talk etiquette, comprising the steps of:
- a. randomly assigning a first stagger start time to one of the plurality of radio ports;
b. the first radio port transmitting at a first frequency;
c. determining which of the plurality of radio ports detect more than the threshold level of the first radio port transmission;
d. assigning a unique stagger start time to each of the plurality of radio ports that can detect more than a threshold level of each others'"'"' transmissions; and
e. each radio port assigned a stagger start time beginning the channel search procedure at its assigned stagger start time.
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Abstract
A number of RPs stagger the times in which they begin searching for available channels. In a preferred method, one of a plurality of RPs in a UPCS system is selected to have a first start time. The system determines which RPs in the system can "see" the selected RP. Each of these RPs is given a unique stagger start time. This process may be repeated until each RP in the system is assigned a stagger start time. Alternatively, if there are fewer RPs in the system than there are available stagger start times, each RP may be selected to have a unique stagger start time.
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6 Claims
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1. A method for conducting a channel searching procedure for a plurality of radio ports in a wireless communication system using a listen-before-talk etiquette, comprising the steps of:
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a. randomly assigning a first stagger start time to one of the plurality of radio ports; b. the first radio port transmitting at a first frequency; c. determining which of the plurality of radio ports detect more than the threshold level of the first radio port transmission; d. assigning a unique stagger start time to each of the plurality of radio ports that can detect more than a threshold level of each others'"'"' transmissions; and e. each radio port assigned a stagger start time beginning the channel search procedure at its assigned stagger start time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for conducting a channel searching procedure for a plurality of radio ports in a wireless communication system using a listen-before-talk etiquette, comprising the steps of:
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a. if a number of available unique stagger start times is greater than a number of total radio ports in the system, assigning to each radio port a unique stagger start time; and b. if the number of total radio ports in the system is greater than the number of available unique stagger start times, then; (1) selecting a first radio port to have a first stagger start time; (2) the first radio port transmitting at a first frequency; (3) all of the radio ports, except the first radio port, monitoring the first radio port'"'"'s transmission; (4) determining which radio ports detect more than a threshold level of the first radio port'"'"'s transmission; and (5) assigning a unique stagger start time to each radio port that detects more than a threshold level of the first radio port'"'"'s transmission; and c. each radio port assigned a stagger start time transmitting according to the channel search procedure at its assigned stagger start time. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. A method for conducting a channel searching procedure for a plurality of radio ports in a wireless communication system using a listen-before-talk etiquette, wherein the communication system includes a hyperframe comprising a number of superframes, each superframe being divided into a number of time intervals during which radio ports conduct channel searches, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. assigning a unique time interval to each of the plurality of radio ports according to STG(RPj)=(T,S), where; STG(RPj)=a channel search time interval for radio port j, where j is an integer from 1 to the total number of radio ports in the system; T=a position of a channel search time interval in a superframe; and S=the number of superframes in the hyperframe; and b. each radio port beginning the channel search procedure at its assigned time interval.
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