Method of determining channel to be used in wireless network, wireless communication method, and apparatus for the same

• US 7,899,460 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2007
• Issued: 03/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kwon, Chang-yeul
• Primary Examiner(s): Zewdu; Meless N
• Application Number:
  US11/783,179
• Publication Number:
  US 20080051097A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,425 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2, 455/62, 455/418, 455/422.1, 455/425, 455/427, 455/431, 4554321-4323, 455433-434, 4554351-4353, 455436-444, 455447-451, 4554521-4522, 455454-455, 4554561-4563, 4554565-4566, 455/509, 455512-514, 455524-525, 455/550.1, 455/552.1, 455/553.1, 455/556.2, 455560-561, 455/67.11, 455/103, 455/464, 455/515, 455/517, 370/310, 370328-334, 370/338, 370/341, 370/437, 370/458, 348/12.01, 348/14.02, 348/38
• US Class Current: 455/450
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal

Abstract

There is provided a wireless communication method, the method including selecting first and second channels that apply different data transmission capabilities, respectively, and transmitting and receiving data using the selected first and second channels.

Claims

1. A wireless communication method using a processor, the method comprising:

selecting, by the processor, first and second channels that apply different data transmission capabilities, respectively; and

transmitting and receiving, by the processor, data using the selected first and second channels,

wherein the selecting of the first and second channels comprises;

selecting a first channel from among a plurality of first channels; and

selecting a second channel, which corresponds to the selected first channel, from among a plurality of second channels,

and wherein a frequency band of the selected first channel comprises respective frequency bands of the plurality of second channels that overlap with parts of the frequency band of the selected first channel.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data transmission capabilities are data transmission rates.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a number of the plurality of second channels is three or more.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting of the first channel comprises:

performing an energy detecting operation according to a signal receiving sensitivity with respect to at least one first channel among the plurality of first channels; and

selecting the first channel having a smallest energy detection result value.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the performing of the energy detecting operation comprises:

performing an energy detecting operation according to a signal receiving sensitivity with respect to all applicable second channels; and

performing an energy detecting operation on at least one first channel among the plurality of first channels, in which an energy detection result value of a corresponding second channel is smaller than a certain threshold value.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the energy detecting operation on all of the applicable second channels is performed on each of the applicable second channels for a certain time.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the certain time is longer than a super frame that indicates a communication timing schedule in the wireless network.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein an energy detection result value according to a signal receiving sensitivity in the selected first channel is smaller than a certain threshold value.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected second channel has a smallest energy detection result value according to a signal receiving sensitivity among the plurality of second channels.

10. A method of determining a channel to be used in a wireless network by using a processor, the method comprising:

scanning, by the processor, a plurality of channels; and

selecting, by the processor, a plurality of channels that apply different data transmission capabilities according to the scanning result,

wherein the plurality of channels comprises a plurality of first channels and a plurality of second channels, each of the plurality of first channels corresponds to at least one of the plurality of second channels and a frequency band of each of the plurality of first channels comprises a frequency band of a corresponding second channel among the plurality of second channels that overlap with parts of the frequency band of the selected first channel.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the data transmission capabilities are data transmission rates.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the scanning of the plurality of channels comprises:

performing an energy detecting operation according to a signal receiving sensitivity with respect to the plurality of second channels; and

performing an energy detecting operation according to a signal receiving sensitivity with respect to at least one first channel among the plurality of first channels.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the performing of the energy detecting operation according to a signal receiving sensitivity with respect to at least one first channel among the plurality of first channels comprises performing an energy detecting operation on at least one first channel among the plurality of first channels, in which an energy detection result value of a corresponding second channel is smaller than a certain threshold value.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the selecting of the plurality of channels comprises:

selecting a first channel having a smallest energy detection result value among the plurality of first channels; and

selecting a second channel having a smallest energy detection result value among the second channels which corresponds to the selected first channel.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the energy detection result value of the selected first channel is smaller than a certain threshold value.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the energy detecting operation on the plurality of second channels is performed on each of the plurality of second channels for a certain time.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the certain time is longer than a super frame that indicates a communication timing schedule in the wireless network.

18. A wireless communication apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver scanning a plurality of channels; and

a MAC processing unit selecting a plurality of channels that apply different data transmission capabilities according to the scanning result,

wherein the plurality of channels comprises a plurality of first channels and a plurality of second channels, each of the plurality of first channels corresponds to at least one of the plurality of second channels and a frequency band of each of the plurality of first channels comprises a frequency band of a corresponding second channel among the plurality of second channels that overlap with parts of the frequency band of the selected first channel.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the data transmission capabilities are data transmission rates.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the transceiver comprises:

a first physical processing unit performing an energy detecting operation according to a signal receiving sensitivity with respect to the plurality of second channels; and

a second physical processing unit performing an energy detecting operation according to a signal receiving sensitivity with respect to at least one first channel among the plurality of first channels.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the second physical processing unit performs an energy detecting operation on at least one first channel among the plurality of first channels, in which an energy detection result value of a corresponding second channel is smaller than a certain threshold value.

22. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the MAC processing unit selects a first channel having a smallest energy detection result value among the plurality of first channels, and selects a second channel having a smallest energy detection result value among the second channels which corresponds to the selected first channel.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the energy detection result value of the selected first channel is smaller than a certain threshold value.

24. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the energy detecting operation on the plurality of second channels is performed on each of the plurality of second channels for a certain time.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the certain time is longer than a super frame that indicates a communication timing schedule in the wireless network.

26. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the MAC processing unit generates a beacon,

wherein the beacon drives a wireless network that uses the plurality of selected channels.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the beacon comprises information about communication timing in the wireless network.

28. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the transceiver transmits the generated beacon through any one of the plurality of selected channels.

29. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising:

a transceiver which transmits and receives data using the plurality of selected channels.

30. A non-transitory storage medium storing program instructions readable by a computer that when executed performs a wireless communication method using a processor, the method comprising:

selecting, by the processor, first and second channels that apply different data transmission capabilities, respectively; and

transmitting and receiving, by the processor, data using the selected first and second channels,

wherein the selecting of the first and second channels comprises;

selecting a first channel from among a plurality of first channels; and

selecting a second channel, which corresponds to the selected first channel, from among a plurality of second channels,

and wherein a frequency band of the selected first channel comprises respective frequency bands of the plurality of second channels that overlap with parts of the frequency band of the selected first channel.

31. A non-transitory storage medium storing program instructions readable by a computer that when executed performs a method of determining a channel to be used in a wireless network by using a processor, the method comprising:

scanning, by the processor, a plurality of channels; and

selecting, by the processor, a plurality of channels that apply different data transmission capabilities according to the scanning result,

wherein the plurality of channels comprises a plurality of first channels and a plurality of second channels, each of the plurality of first channels corresponds to at least one of the plurality of second channels and a frequency band of each of the plurality of first channels comprises a frequency band of a corresponding second channel among the plurality of second channels that overlap with parts of the frequency band of the selected first channel.