Method and system for wireless communication using out-of-band channels
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1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:
- scanning an out-of-band wireless channel to discover a wireless station;
exchanging device profiles comprising a set of device capability information between a discovery station and a discovered partner station over the out-of-band channel to establish association, wherein the capability information comprises one or more of station transmit and receive rate capability information, physical (PHY) layer capability information and station mobility capability information comprising a fixed station and mobile station capability, wherein the discovery station and the discovered partner station use the capability information of one another for determining whether to associate for communication with one another over an in-band wireless channel;
communicating channel occupation information with the discovered partner station; and
selecting an in-band wireless channel based on the occupation information for information communication with the discovered partner station.
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Abstract
A method and system for ad-hoc wireless communication using out-of-band control channels is provided. An out-of-band control channel is scanned to discover a wireless station. Channel occupation information is communicated with the discovered station. A communication channel is selected based on the occupation information, and may be used for ad-hoc mode information communication with the discovered station.
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1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:
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scanning an out-of-band wireless channel to discover a wireless station; exchanging device profiles comprising a set of device capability information between a discovery station and a discovered partner station over the out-of-band channel to establish association, wherein the capability information comprises one or more of station transmit and receive rate capability information, physical (PHY) layer capability information and station mobility capability information comprising a fixed station and mobile station capability, wherein the discovery station and the discovered partner station use the capability information of one another for determining whether to associate for communication with one another over an in-band wireless channel; communicating channel occupation information with the discovered partner station; and selecting an in-band wireless channel based on the occupation information for information communication with the discovered partner station. - 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)
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29. A wireless communication station, comprising:
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a processor coupled with; an out-of-band communication module configured for scanning an out-of-band communication channel to discover a wireless partner station and communicating control information over the out-of-band channel, and exchanging device profiles between the wireless communication station and the wireless partner station, the profiles each comprising a set of device capability information over the out-of-band channel for establishing association between the wireless communication station and the wireless partner station, wherein the capability information comprises station transmit and receive rate capability information and station mobility capability information comprising a fixed station and mobile station capability bit field; an in-band communication module configured for information communication over an in-band communication channel; and a convergence module configured for communicating channel occupation information with the wireless partner station to select an in-band for in-band communication with the wireless partner station via the in-band communication module, wherein the wireless communication station and the wireless partner station use the capability information of one another for determining whether to associate for communication with one another over a selected in-band wireless channel. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A program product stored on a computer useable non-transitory medium for wireless communication, the program product comprising program code for causing a processor of a wireless station to perform:
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scanning an out-of-band wireless channel to discover a partner wireless station; communicating channel occupation information and exchanging device profiles comprising a set of station capability information between the wireless station and the partner station, wherein the station capability information comprises station transmit and receive rate capability information and station mobility capability information comprising a fixed station and mobile station capability bit field; and selecting an in-band wireless channel based on the occupation information for information communication with the partner station, wherein the wireless station and the partner station use the capability information of one another for determining whether to associate for communication with one another over a selected in-band wireless channel. - View Dependent Claims (43)
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44. A wireless communication system, comprising:
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an electronic wireless discovering station and a wireless partner station; the discovering station comprising; an out-of-band communication module configured for scanning an out-of-band communication channel to discover a partner station and communicating control information over the out-of-band channel, and for exchanging device profiles comprising a set of device capability information between the discovering station and the partner station over the out-of-band channel for establishing association with the partner station, wherein the capability information comprises one or more of station transmit and receive rate capability information, physical (PHY) layer capability information and station mobility capability information comprising fixed station and mobile station capability bit field; an in-band communication module configured for information communication over an in-band communication channel; and a convergence module configured for communicating channel occupation information with the partner station to select an in-band channel for in-band communication with the partner station via the in-band communication module, wherein the discovering station and the partner station use the capability information of one another for determining whether to associate for communication with one another over a selected in-band wireless channel. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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