Fair channel use in a wireless area network
First Claim
1. A method for reallocation of overlapping channel usage for a base station (BS) in a wireless network having at least two communities wherein each community is formed from two or more overlapping cells, wherein each community is associated with an operating channel, wherein each cell includes a respective BS and a plurality of consumer premise equipments (“
- CPEs”
) associated with the respective BS, and wherein a cell includes the BS, the method comprising;
monitoring for the cell within a first community an operating channel associated with a neighboring community;
ascertaining a degree of congestion of the operating channel associated with the neighboring community;
comparing the degree of congestion of the operating channel associated with the neighboring community with congestion of an operating channel associated with the first community;
switching for the cell to the operating channel associated with the neighboring community responsive to the degree of congestion of the operating channel associated with neighboring community being less than congestion of the operating channel associated with the first community; and
initiating a back-off procedure including generating a back-off period for the cell within the first community prior to switching to the operating channel associated with the neighboring community, wherein the back-off period is smaller for more congested channels than less congested channels.
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Abstract
Fair usage of working channels in a wireless network is disclosed. A base station associated with a cell within a wireless community monitors the congestion of the working channel of neighboring communities. Upon determining that the congestion of the working channel of a neighboring community is less than that of its existing working channel, the base station initiates a switch to the neighboring community'"'"'s working channel. Upon joining the new community, the frame structure and other networking parameters and attributes are adjusted.
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1. A method for reallocation of overlapping channel usage for a base station (BS) in a wireless network having at least two communities wherein each community is formed from two or more overlapping cells, wherein each community is associated with an operating channel, wherein each cell includes a respective BS and a plurality of consumer premise equipments (“
- CPEs”
) associated with the respective BS, and wherein a cell includes the BS, the method comprising;monitoring for the cell within a first community an operating channel associated with a neighboring community; ascertaining a degree of congestion of the operating channel associated with the neighboring community; comparing the degree of congestion of the operating channel associated with the neighboring community with congestion of an operating channel associated with the first community; switching for the cell to the operating channel associated with the neighboring community responsive to the degree of congestion of the operating channel associated with neighboring community being less than congestion of the operating channel associated with the first community; and initiating a back-off procedure including generating a back-off period for the cell within the first community prior to switching to the operating channel associated with the neighboring community, wherein the back-off period is smaller for more congested channels than less congested channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19)
- CPEs”
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12. A method to operate an apparatus in a system for fair working channel use in a wireless network, wherein the network includes a plurality of communities and wherein each community includes a community working channel and at least one cell operating on the community working channel, wherein a first community including a first plurality of cells operating on a first working channel, and wherein a second community including a second plurality of cells operating on a second working channel wherein the first plurality of cells is larger than the second plurality of cells;
- the method comprising;
associating with a switching cell associated with the first community and operating on the first working channel wherein the switching cell determines a first congestion level associated with the first working channel and a second congestion level associated with the second working channel, and responsive to the first congestion level being greater than the second congestion level, the switching cell switches from operating on the first working channel to operating on the second working channel, wherein the switching cell initiates a back-off procedure, the back-off procedure including generating a back-off period, and wherein the switching cell switches from operating on the first working channel to operating on the second working channel upon expiration of the back-off period, and wherein the back-off period is smaller for more congested channels than less congested channels.
- the method comprising;
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16. A consumer premise equipment (CPE) associated with a base station (BS) and configured for fair working channel use in a wireless network;
- the CPE comprising;
a machine for executing instructions embodied as software; a memory for storing the instructions embodied as software;
wherein the software comprises a plurality of software portions,wherein; one of said software portions is configured to determine or operate with the BS to determine a degree of congestion of a first working channel on which the base station is operating and congestion of a second working channel on which at least one other base station is operating; one of said software portions is configured to compare or operate with the BS to compare the degree of congestion of the first working channel to congestion of the second working channel; and one of said software portions is configured to direct the CPE to switch from operating on the first working channel to operating on the second working channel responsive to congestion of the second working channel being less than the degree of congestion of the first working channel, wherein one of the software portions is configured to initiate or operate with the BS to initiate a back-off procedure, the back-off procedure including generating a back-off period wherein the software portion configured to direct the CPE to switch is executed upon expiration of the back-off period, and wherein the back-off period is smaller for more congested channels than less congested channels.
- the CPE comprising;
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