Physical and MAC adaptation for interference mitigation with cognitive radio
First Claim
1. A wireless device, comprising:
- a transmitter for digital wireless transmission on one of a plurality of communication channels of a communication band;
a cognitive radio sensor for monitoring radio frequencies across the communication band;
an interference module configured to;
characterize an interference signal sensed by the cognitive radio sensor;
reference a stored interference patterns data structure to compare and match the characterized interference signal with a stored interference pattern; and
select an adaptation for the characterized interference signal from a plurality of different tailored adaptations when the characterized interference signal is recognized based on the comparison and matching, wherein at least a first tailored adaptation includes a mitigating technique that is not included in a second tailored adaptation; and
a communication module for physical layer and medium access control (MAC) layer control that mitigates the characterized interference signal with the selected adaptation.
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Abstract
A communication device cognitively monitors interference signals across a communication band so that adaptations for physical and medium access control (MAC) of data packet transmissions are appropriate for a particular interference signal. Characteristics of an interference signal of interest (e.g., bandwidth, power and/or duration relative to an average data packet transmitted over a communication channel of the communication device) are sensed for an appropriate adaptation (e.g., forward error correction, modulation technique, back off, request to send/clear to send protocol, etc.). Patterns for known types of interference sources can be compared so that when recognized an associated adaptation can be used.
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22 Claims
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1. A wireless device, comprising:
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a transmitter for digital wireless transmission on one of a plurality of communication channels of a communication band; a cognitive radio sensor for monitoring radio frequencies across the communication band; an interference module configured to; characterize an interference signal sensed by the cognitive radio sensor; reference a stored interference patterns data structure to compare and match the characterized interference signal with a stored interference pattern; and select an adaptation for the characterized interference signal from a plurality of different tailored adaptations when the characterized interference signal is recognized based on the comparison and matching, wherein at least a first tailored adaptation includes a mitigating technique that is not included in a second tailored adaptation; and a communication module for physical layer and medium access control (MAC) layer control that mitigates the characterized interference signal with the selected adaptation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. The wireless device of 1, wherein the interference module characterizes the interference signal of interest to ascertain power, duration and bandwidth size.
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15. A method of mitigating interference, comprising:
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transmitting on a wireless digital packet communication channel of a plurality of channels of a communication band, monitoring power and duration of radio frequencies across the communication band; characterizing an interference signal; comparing the characterization of the interference signal to a plurality of different patterns to recognize the interference signal; selecting a communication adaptation for physical layer and medium access control (MAC) layer control based on the interference characterization, wherein the communication adaptation is selected from a plurality of different communication adaptations that do not have a common communication mitigating technique across the entire plurality. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of mitigating interference, comprising:
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transmitting on a wireless digital packet communication channel of a plurality of channels of a communication band; monitoring power and duration of radio frequencies across the communication band; characterizing an interference signal as at least one of; an interference narrowband signal; an interference, wideband signal with a low power level relative to a physical layer power setting of a communication device; an interference, long term, wideband signal with a high power level relative to the physical layer power setting of the communication device; and pattern matching the characterized interference signal with at least one adaptation, wherein; when the interference signal is the interference narrowband signal, the at least one adaptation increases forward error correction; when the interference signal is the interference, wideband signal with a low power level relative to the physical layer power setting of the communication device, the at least one adaptation is selected from i) switching to a more robust modulation scheme, or ii) increasing transmission power, or a combination thereof; and when the interference signal is the interference, long term, wideband signal with a high power level relative to the physical layer power setting of the communication device, the at least one adaptation is selected from i) changing channels, or ii) increasing transmission power, or a combination thereof.
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