Wireless device channel selection using dynamic channel allocation
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1. A method comprising:
- selecting, by an access point (AP) of an infrastructure based wireless network, a first wireless channel for communications among a first plurality of wireless devices of a non-infrastructure based wireless network, the selecting of the first wireless channel being configured to reduce a likelihood that communications among the first plurality of wireless devices, in accordance with a first wireless communication protocol, interfere with communications among a second plurality of wireless devices of the infrastructure based wireless network in accordance with a second wireless communication protocol that is different from the first wireless communication protocol, the second plurality of wireless devices including the AP;
selecting, by the AP, a second wireless channel for secondary networking functions within the infrastructure based wireless network;
transmitting, in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol, by the AP to a wireless device of the first plurality of wireless devices, a first information element to communicate an allocation of the first wireless channel to the first plurality of wireless devices; and
transmitting, in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol, by the AP to the wireless device of the first plurality of wireless devices, a second information element to communicate an allocation of the second wireless channel to the first plurality of wireless devices for one or more secondary networking functions within the infrastructure based wireless network, wherein the one or more secondary networking functions include a paging function, a parking function, or a roaming function.
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Abstract
Embodiments of methods and apparatus for dynamic channel allocation are disclosed. In various embodiments, an access point (AP) of an infrastructure based wireless network may allocate one or more wireless channels to wireless devices of a non-infrastructure based wireless network. The allocated channels may be selected to reduce a likelihood of communications among the devices of the non-infrastructure based wireless network interfering with communications among the devices of the infrastructure based wireless network. Additional variants and embodiments may also be disclosed and claimed.
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1. A method comprising:
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selecting, by an access point (AP) of an infrastructure based wireless network, a first wireless channel for communications among a first plurality of wireless devices of a non-infrastructure based wireless network, the selecting of the first wireless channel being configured to reduce a likelihood that communications among the first plurality of wireless devices, in accordance with a first wireless communication protocol, interfere with communications among a second plurality of wireless devices of the infrastructure based wireless network in accordance with a second wireless communication protocol that is different from the first wireless communication protocol, the second plurality of wireless devices including the AP; selecting, by the AP, a second wireless channel for secondary networking functions within the infrastructure based wireless network; transmitting, in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol, by the AP to a wireless device of the first plurality of wireless devices, a first information element to communicate an allocation of the first wireless channel to the first plurality of wireless devices; and transmitting, in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol, by the AP to the wireless device of the first plurality of wireless devices, a second information element to communicate an allocation of the second wireless channel to the first plurality of wireless devices for one or more secondary networking functions within the infrastructure based wireless network, wherein the one or more secondary networking functions include a paging function, a parking function, or a roaming function. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 20, 21)
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10. A method comprising:
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receiving in accordance with a second wireless communication protocol, at a wireless device of a first plurality of wireless devices of a non-infrastructure based wireless network, a first information element from an access point (AP) of an infrastructure based wireless network, the first information element communicating an allocation by the AP of one or more first wireless channels for communications among the first plurality of wireless devices that reduces a likelihood that communications among the first plurality of wireless devices, in accordance with a first wireless communication protocol, interfere with communications among a second plurality of devices of the infrastructure based wireless network in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol, the first wireless communication protocol being different from the second wireless communication protocol; selecting, by the wireless device, a first wireless channel from the one or more first wireless channels; communicating, by the wireless device, with at least one wireless device of the first plurality of wireless devices on the first wireless channel; and receiving in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol, at the wireless device of the first plurality of wireless devices of the non-infrastructure based wireless network, a second information element from the AP of the infrastructure based wireless network, the second information element communicating an allocation by the AP of one or more second wireless channels for one or more secondary networking functions within the infrastructure based wireless network, wherein the one or more secondary networking functions include a paging function, a parking function, or a roaming function. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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a wireless interface; and a selector coupled to the wireless interface and configured to allocate one or more first wireless channels for communications among a first plurality of wireless devices of a non-infrastructure based wireless network to reduce a likelihood that communications among the first plurality of wireless devices, in accordance with a first wireless communication protocol, interfere with communications among a second plurality of wireless devices of an infrastructure based wireless network in accordance with a second wireless communication protocol that is different from the first wireless communication protocol, the second plurality of wireless devices including the apparatus, allocate a second wireless channel for one or more secondary networking functions within the infrastructure based wireless network, transmit, in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol via the wireless interface, a first information element to communicate the allocation of the one or more first wireless channels to a wireless device of the first plurality of wireless devices, and transmit, in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol via the wireless interface, a second information element to communicate the allocation of the second wireless channel to the first plurality of wireless devices for the one or more secondary networking functions within the infrastructure based wireless network, wherein the one or more secondary networking functions include a paging function, a parking function, or a roaming function. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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