Selecting carriers for modulating signals in a communication network
First Claim
1. A method for communicating over a network of communication stations, comprising:
- monitoring for reception of an electromagnetic wave that has a power above a threshold and a frequency in a predetermined frequency interval; and
selecting carrier frequencies for modulating information onto signals transmitted over the network,based at least in part on a demand by one or more stations in the network for capacity for communicating over the network, andensuring that carrier frequencies in the frequency interval are not selected for modulating information onto signals transmitted over the network if an electromagnetic wave having a power above the threshold and a frequency in the frequency interval has been received in a predetermined time interval.
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Abstract
Communicating over a network of communication stations includes monitoring for reception of an electromagnetic wave that has a power above a threshold and a frequency in a predetermined frequency interval, and selecting carrier frequencies for modulating information onto signals transmitted over the network. The carrier frequencies are selected based at least in part on whether an electromagnetic wave having a power above the threshold and a frequency in the frequency interval has been received in a predetermined time interval, and based at least in part on a demand by one or more stations in the network for capacity for communicating over the network.
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40 Claims
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1. A method for communicating over a network of communication stations, comprising:
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monitoring for reception of an electromagnetic wave that has a power above a threshold and a frequency in a predetermined frequency interval; and selecting carrier frequencies for modulating information onto signals transmitted over the network, based at least in part on a demand by one or more stations in the network for capacity for communicating over the network, and ensuring that carrier frequencies in the frequency interval are not selected for modulating information onto signals transmitted over the network if an electromagnetic wave having a power above the threshold and a frequency in the frequency interval has been received in a predetermined time interval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. An apparatus, comprising:
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a monitoring module including circuitry for monitoring for reception of an electromagnetic wave that has a power above a threshold and a frequency in a predetermined frequency interval; a modulation module including circuitry for modulating information onto signals transmitted over a network; and a carrier selection module including circuitry to select carrier frequencies for use by the modulation module, based at least in part on a demand by one or more stations in the network for capacity for communicating over the network, wherein carrier frequencies in the frequency interval are not selected for modulating information onto signals transmitted over the network if an electromagnetic wave having a power above the threshold and a frequency in the frequency interval has been received in a predetermined time interval.
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