Method and apparatus for transmitting information within a communication system
First Claim
1. A method for transmitting information within a communication system, the communication system comprising a plurality of nodes communicating within a same frequency band, the method comprising the steps of:
- monitoring for interference to determine an interference state comprising those time periods when a node can receive communications within the frequency band with little or no interference;
creating a table of the node'"'"'s interference state and both optimal and suboptimal time periods for reception within the frequency band wherein the optimal and sub-optimal time periods for reception varies according the node'"'"'s interference state;
broadcasting the node'"'"'s interference state to a plurality of neighboring nodes within the communication system;
receiving a second table from at least one of the plurality of neighboring nodes, the second table being broadcast by the neighbor node to other nodes in the communication system, the second table comprising an interference state and both the optimal and sub-optimal time periods for reception within the frequency band for the neighboring node;
determining, from the second table, a time to transmit to the neighboring node wherein the time can be selected from one of the optimal time and the suboptimal time periods for reception within the frequency band obtained from the second table; and
transmitting information to the neighboring node during the determined time period.
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Abstract
A node within a communication system periodically broadcasts its interference status to neighboring nodes within the communication system. Additionally, the node receives an interference status from all neighboring nodes. If communication is desired with a neighboring node, the node accesses the stored table for the particular neighboring node and determines an optimal time for transmission to the neighboring node. This is accomplished by utilizing the table received from the neighboring node and determining the neighboring node'"'"'s optimal times for reception.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for transmitting information within a communication system, the communication system comprising a plurality of nodes communicating within a same frequency band, the method comprising the steps of:
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monitoring for interference to determine an interference state comprising those time periods when a node can receive communications within the frequency band with little or no interference; creating a table of the node'"'"'s interference state and both optimal and suboptimal time periods for reception within the frequency band wherein the optimal and sub-optimal time periods for reception varies according the node'"'"'s interference state; broadcasting the node'"'"'s interference state to a plurality of neighboring nodes within the communication system; receiving a second table from at least one of the plurality of neighboring nodes, the second table being broadcast by the neighbor node to other nodes in the communication system, the second table comprising an interference state and both the optimal and sub-optimal time periods for reception within the frequency band for the neighboring node; determining, from the second table, a time to transmit to the neighboring node wherein the time can be selected from one of the optimal time and the suboptimal time periods for reception within the frequency band obtained from the second table; and transmitting information to the neighboring node during the determined time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor monitoring for interference within a frequency band and outputting a table comprising an interference state and both optimal and suboptimal time periods within the frequency band for reception wherein the optimal and suboptimal time periods within the frequency band for reception varies according the node'"'"'s interference state; memory for storing the table; a transmitter, for transmitting the table to a plurality of neighboring nodes within a communication system; and a receiver, receiving a second table from at least one of the neighboring nodes, the neighboring node broadcasting the second table to other nodes in the communication system, the second table comprising an interference state and both the optimal and sub-optimal time periods within the frequency band of reception for the neighboring node, wherein the second table is additionally stored within the memory, and wherein the processor determines a time to transmit to one of the neighboring nodes from selected from among the optimal and suboptimal time periods within the frequency band obtained from the second table. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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