Adapting channel width for improving the performance of wireless networks
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1. A system comprising:
- a wireless transmitter that sends one or more symbols in a wireless signal via a channel having a specified width;
a sensing and analysis component that determines a value for at least one attribute of at least one of;
the wireless signal, or the wireless transmitter;
anda dynamic adaptation component that adjusts the channel width based at least in part on;
a determination of a parameter pair that includes a first threshold value and a second threshold value, the first threshold value and the second threshold value comprising average data rates corresponding to a maximum data throughput efficiency of the channel, the determination of the parameter pair being based at least in part on a number of probing intervals between probes of the channel;
a determination of a current average data rate for the channel at the specified width; and
a determination of a relationship between the current average data rate and the parameter pair, the channel width being adjusted based at least in part on the relationship.
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Abstract
The subject invention relates to a system and/or methodology that provide improved wireless networking performance by dynamically adapting the channel width. A dynamic adaptation component adjust the channel width based on at least one characteristic of a wireless network, the characteristics can include but are not limited to range, power consumption, throughput, signal to noise ratio (SNR), resilience to delay spread, data rate, and capacity. Additionally, an optimization component can determine an optimum channel width.
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22 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a wireless transmitter that sends one or more symbols in a wireless signal via a channel having a specified width; a sensing and analysis component that determines a value for at least one attribute of at least one of;
the wireless signal, or the wireless transmitter;and a dynamic adaptation component that adjusts the channel width based at least in part on; a determination of a parameter pair that includes a first threshold value and a second threshold value, the first threshold value and the second threshold value comprising average data rates corresponding to a maximum data throughput efficiency of the channel, the determination of the parameter pair being based at least in part on a number of probing intervals between probes of the channel; a determination of a current average data rate for the channel at the specified width; and a determination of a relationship between the current average data rate and the parameter pair, the channel width being adjusted based at least in part on the relationship. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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transmitting one or more symbols in a wireless signal via a channel having a specified width; determining at least one value for at least one characteristic of at least one of the wireless signal, or a wireless signal transmitter; obtaining at least one optimization objective; and adjusting the channel width based at least in part on; determining a parameter pair that includes a first threshold value and a second threshold value, the first threshold value and the second threshold value comprising average data rates corresponding to a maximum data throughput efficiency of the channel, the determining the parameter pair being based at least in part on a number of probing intervals between probes of the channel; determining a current average data rate for the channel at the specified width; determining a relationship between the current average data rate and the parameter pair, the channel width being adjusted based at least in part on the relationship and at least one of the characteristic or the optimization objective. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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transmitting a wireless signal by a wireless transmitter via a channel having a specified channel width; determining at least one characteristic of at least one of the wireless signal, or the wireless transmitter, the characteristic including at least one of energy consumption, data rate, loss rate, interference, link condition, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), or signal strength; acquiring at least one network objective from at least one of a policy, a user, an application, or a higher-layer protocol, the network objective including at least one of throughput, transmission range, capacity, or power consumption; and adjusting the channel width based at least in part on; determining a parameter pair that includes a first threshold value and a second threshold value, the first threshold value and the second threshold value comprising average data rates corresponding to a maximum data throughput efficiency of the channel, the determining the parameter pair being based at least in part on a number of probing intervals between probes of the channel; determining a current average data rate for the channel at the specified channel width relative to the first threshold value and the second threshold value, wherein; if the current average data rate is below the first threshold value and the channel has not been probed within the number of probing intervals, the channel width is adjusted from the specified channel width to an adjacent narrower channel width of a set of predetermined channel widths; if the current average data rate is above the second threshold value and the channel has not been probed within the number of probing intervals, the channel width is adjusted from the specified channel width to an adjacent wider channel width of the set of predetermined channel widths; and if the current average data rate is between the first threshold value and the second threshold value or if the current average data rate is equal to the first threshold value or the second threshold value, the channel width is adjusted according to a highest measured throughput or a highest measured energy efficiency of the channel based on at least one of the characteristic or the network objective.
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