Reducing interference in a wireless network via antenna selection
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1. A method, comprising:
- sensing, by a device of a wireless network, a first interference from a first interference source, the first interference being received by first one or more of a plurality of sector antennas of the device;
sensing, by the device, a second interference from a second interference source, the second interference being received by the first one or more of the plurality of sector antennas;
applying a first and a second weight to the first and the second interference, respectively, to determine a first weighted interference of the first one or more of the plurality of sector antennas; and
selecting a subset of the plurality of sector antennas for use to communicate with other devices in the wireless network, based at least in part on the first weighted interference, to avoid at least in part the first interference and/or the second interference during said communicate;
wherein said selecting is performed by excluding from the subset the first one or more of the plurality of sector antennas if the first weighted interference is greater than a threshold.
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for reducing or avoiding at least in part one or more interferences in a wireless communication device are described herein. The method may include initially sensing by the device an interference from an interference source received by one or more of a plurality of sector antennas of the device. The device may then select, based at least in part on the sensing, a subset of the plurality of sector antennas for communicating with other devices in the wireless network.
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21 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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sensing, by a device of a wireless network, a first interference from a first interference source, the first interference being received by first one or more of a plurality of sector antennas of the device; sensing, by the device, a second interference from a second interference source, the second interference being received by the first one or more of the plurality of sector antennas; applying a first and a second weight to the first and the second interference, respectively, to determine a first weighted interference of the first one or more of the plurality of sector antennas; and selecting a subset of the plurality of sector antennas for use to communicate with other devices in the wireless network, based at least in part on the first weighted interference, to avoid at least in part the first interference and/or the second interference during said communicate; wherein said selecting is performed by excluding from the subset the first one or more of the plurality of sector antennas if the first weighted interference is greater than a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An article of manufacture, comprising:
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a physical storage medium; and a plurality of executable instructions stored in the physical storage medium designed to program a device to enable the device to; determine a first weighted interference by applying a first weight to a first interference sensed from a first interference source by one or more of a plurality of sector antennas of the device, and applying a second weight to a second interference sensed from a second interference source by the one or more of the plurality of sector antennas; and select a subset of the plurality of sector antennas of the device for use to communicate in a wireless network based at least in part on the first weighted interference; wherein said selecting is performed by excluding from the subset the one or more of the plurality of sector antennas if the first weighted interference is greater than a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. An apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of sector antennas; a spectrum sensing module coupled to the sector antennas to sense one or more interferences received by one or more of the plurality of sector antennas; and an antenna selection module coupled to the spectrum sensing module to; determine a first weighted interference by applying a first weight to a first interference sensed from a first interference source by one or more of the plurality of sector antennas, and applying a second weight to a second interference sensed from a second interference source by the one or more of the plurality of sector antennas, and select a subset of the plurality of sector antennas to communicate with other devices in a wireless network based at least in part on the first weighted interference; wherein said antenna selection module is further configured to compare the first weighted interference of the selected sector antenna(s) to a threshold; and
to select a subset of the plurality of sector antennas excluding from the subset sector antenna(s) having the first weighted interference if the first weighted interference is greater than a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system, comprising:
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a mass storage device having an operating system therein; an apparatus coupled to the mass storage device, the apparatus including; a plurality of sector antennas; a spectrum sensing module coupled to the sector antennas to sense one or more interferences received by one or more of the plurality of sector antennas; and an antenna selection module coupled to the spectrum sensing module to; determine a first weighted interference by applying a first weight to a first interference sensed from a first interference source by one or more of the plurality of sector antennas, and applying a second weight to a second interference sensed from a second interference source by the one or more of the plurality of sector antennas, and select a subset of the plurality of sector antennas to communicate with other apparatuses in a wireless network based at least in part on the first weighted interference; wherein said antenna selection module is further configured to compare the first weighted interference of the selected sector antenna(s) to a threshold; and
to select a subset of the plurality of sector antennas excluding from the subset sector antenna(s) having the first weighted interference if the first weighted interference is greater than a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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