Mitigating effects of identified interference with adaptive CCA threshold
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1. A method comprising:
- at a first wireless device that is configured to wirelessly communicate with one or more second wireless devices in a wireless network in a frequency band, receiving energy on a channel in the frequency band;
analyzing received energy to detect interference on the channel, including two or more interferers in the frequency band;
determining a type, a receive signal strength, and a duty cycle for each of the two or more interferers;
adjusting a clear channel assessment threshold used when accessing the channel by an amount depending on the type of interference detected, the adjusting including;
determining a proposed new channel assessment threshold individually for each interferer; and
determining an overall clear channel assessment threshold from the proposed new channel assessment thresholds for the individual interferers;
computing a projected throughput improvement based on the overall clear channel assessment threshold; and
using the proposed new clear channel assessment threshold at the first wireless device and/or one or more second wireless devices.
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Abstract
Techniques are provided to adaptively adjust a clear channel assessment threshold for use when a wireless device is to transmit in a wireless network that operates on a channel in a radio frequency band. A first wireless device, configured to wirelessly communicate with one or more second wireless device in the wireless network, receives energy on the channel in the frequency band, analyzes the received energy to detect interference on the channel and determines a type of interference detected in the received energy. The clear channel assessment threshold is adjusted by an amount depending on the type of interference detected.
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1. A method comprising:
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at a first wireless device that is configured to wirelessly communicate with one or more second wireless devices in a wireless network in a frequency band, receiving energy on a channel in the frequency band; analyzing received energy to detect interference on the channel, including two or more interferers in the frequency band; determining a type, a receive signal strength, and a duty cycle for each of the two or more interferers; adjusting a clear channel assessment threshold used when accessing the channel by an amount depending on the type of interference detected, the adjusting including; determining a proposed new channel assessment threshold individually for each interferer; and determining an overall clear channel assessment threshold from the proposed new channel assessment thresholds for the individual interferers; computing a projected throughput improvement based on the overall clear channel assessment threshold; and using the proposed new clear channel assessment threshold at the first wireless device and/or one or more second wireless devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus comprising:
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a radio receiver configured to downconvert received energy in a channel in a frequency band allocated for wireless communication in a wireless network; a processor configured to; analyze signals output by the radio receiver to detect interference on the channel, including two or more interferers in the frequency band; determine a type, a receive signal strength, and a duty cycle for each of the two or more interferers; adjust a clear channel assessment threshold used when accessing the channel by an amount depending on the type of interference by determining a proposed new clear channel assessment threshold individually for each interferer; determine an overall clear channel assessment threshold from the proposed new channel assessment thresholds for the individual interferers; and compute a projected throughput improvement based on the overall clear channel assessment threshold. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. One or more computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and when the software is executed operable to:
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analyze signals output by a radio receiver to detect interference on a channel in a radio frequency band, including two or more interferers in the frequency band; determine a type, a receive signal strength, and a duty cycle for each of the two or more interferers; adjust a clear channel assessment threshold by an amount depending on the type of interference when a wireless device accesses the channel in a wireless network operating on the channel in the radio frequency band by determining a proposed new clear channel assessment threshold individually for each interferer; determine an overall clear channel assessment threshold from the proposed new channel assessment thresholds for the individual interferers; and compute a projected throughput improvement based on the overall clear channel assessment threshold. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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