System and method for measurement report time stamping to ensure reference time correctness
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1. A method for creating a measurement report among a plurality of stations in a wireless local area network (WLAN), comprising the steps of:
- receiving by a measurement capable station of said plurality of stations a measurement request for at least one measurement report element to be made at a given time;
recording by the measurement capable station said at least one measurement report element;
creating by the measurement capable station a measurement report comprising said at least one measurement report element as one of measurement report elements contained therein;
respectively time-stamping with an absolute time reference at least one of said at least one recorded measurement report element and said measurement report; and
transmitting by the measurement capable station said created measurement report.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided that resolves a possible ambiguity in WLAN measurement reports by having a measuring entity include timer values in returned measurement reports. The time a measurement was requested to be performed and the actual time it was done by a measuring entity can be compared by the receiver to ensure that no ambiguities occurred.
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1. A method for creating a measurement report among a plurality of stations in a wireless local area network (WLAN), comprising the steps of:
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receiving by a measurement capable station of said plurality of stations a measurement request for at least one measurement report element to be made at a given time; recording by the measurement capable station said at least one measurement report element; creating by the measurement capable station a measurement report comprising said at least one measurement report element as one of measurement report elements contained therein; respectively time-stamping with an absolute time reference at least one of said at least one recorded measurement report element and said measurement report; and transmitting by the measurement capable station said created measurement report. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for creating an autonomous measurement report having at least one measurement report element, among a plurality of stations in a wireless local area network, comprising the steps of:
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recording by a measurement capable station of said plurality of stations at least one pre-determined measurement report element; optionally time-stamping with an absolute time reference by the measurement capable station said at least one recorded measurement report element; creating by the measurement capable station an autonomous measurement report comprising said at least one measurement report element; optionally time-stamping with an absolute time reference of the earliest time of a measurement report element contained therein said autonomous measurement report, and transmitting by the measurement capable station said autonomous measurement report, wherein, at least one of said autonomous measurement report time-stamp and said at least one measurement report element time-stamp is included in said autonomous measurement report. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A method for ensuring correctness of a time reference of a requested measurement among a plurality of stations (STAs) in a wireless local area network (WLAN), comprising the steps of:
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transmitting by a first station a request for at least one time-stamped measurement report element to be performed at a given time; receiving by a second station both the measurement request and a corresponding measurement report comprising the requested at least one measurement report element and at least one time-stamp comprising an absolute time reference of when the measurement recorded therein was done; comparing by the second station the given time of the measurement request with the at least one time-stamp to determine correctness of the time-stamp. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. An apparatus configured for resource measurement among a plurality of stations in a wireless local area network (WLAN), comprising:
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a receiver for receiving an incoming signal; a measurement acquisition circuit that measures resources of said incoming signal received therein as at least one measurement report element; a timer that provides an absolute time reference; a control processor, coupled to said measurement acquisition circuit and said timer and beginning at a predetermined absolute time, configured to acquire at least one measurement report element of said incoming signal and optionally associate one of (1) an absolute time reference of the start of the first measurement reported within a measurement report as a time-stamp and (2) an absolute time reference of the start of each measurement report element reported therein with a measurement report element time-stamp. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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