Increasing data throughput on a wireless local area network in the presence of intermittent interference
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a wireless transceiver to send and receive data packets of X length via wireless communications;
a network interface card coupled to said wireless transceiver, said network interface card to connect to another wireless device to form a wireless local area network; and
firmware comprising control logic to calculate a packet error ratio (PER) value for said data packets, check whether said PER value is within an acceptable level, determine whether an intermittent interference is affecting said PER value, and step up data transfer rate at which future data packets are to be transmitted if said PER value is greater than a drop rate threshold and if an intermittent interference is detected.
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Abstract
A method for increasing data throughput on a wireless local area network in the presence of intermittent interference. The method of one embodiment comprises receiving a data packet through a wireless channel. Quality of the wireless channel is evaluated. A packet error ratio (PER) value is calculated for the data packet. The PER value is checked as to whether it is within an acceptable level. A determination is made as to whether an intermittent noise is affecting the PER value.
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15 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a wireless transceiver to send and receive data packets of X length via wireless communications; a network interface card coupled to said wireless transceiver, said network interface card to connect to another wireless device to form a wireless local area network; and firmware comprising control logic to calculate a packet error ratio (PER) value for said data packets, check whether said PER value is within an acceptable level, determine whether an intermittent interference is affecting said PER value, and step up data transfer rate at which future data packets are to be transmitted if said PER value is greater than a drop rate threshold and if an intermittent interference is detected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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determining a packet error ratio for transmissions of packets of X length, at a current transmission rate, between two direct-sequence spread spectrum (“
DSSS”
) devices through a wireless channel;if the packet error ratio is above a predefined threshold, detecting if intermittent interference is present on the wireless channel; and if intermittent interference is detected, increasing the transmission rate for the wireless channel while maintaining the packet length. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A machine readable medium having embodied thereon a computer program, said computer program being executable by a machine to perform a method comprising:
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determining a packet error ratio for transmissions of packets of X length, at a current transmission rate, between two direct-sequence spread spectrum (“
DSSS”
) devices through a wireless channel;if the packet error ratio is above a predefined threshold, detecting if intermittent interference is present on the wireless channel; and if intermittent interference is detected, increasing the transmission rate for the wireless channel while maintaining the packet length. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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