Scheduling and protection of quiet periods in a quiet zone for incumbent signal detection
First Claim
1. A method for scheduling and protecting quiet periods (QP) in a quiet zone in order to detect an incumbent signal in a wireless communications system that includes a plurality of wireless networks, each of the plurality of wireless networks containing at least a master device and a client device, the method comprising:
- transmitting a beacon by a master device of one of the plurality of wireless networks, wherein the beacon contains a first QP schedule and a reservation of a time slot for a client device of the one of the plurality of wireless networks;
transmitting a request-to-quiet (RTQ) message by the client device of the one of the plurality of wireless networks during the time slot, wherein the RTQ message includes a second QP schedule; and
keeping quiet by the master device and the client device of each of the plurality of wireless networks within the quiet zone during quiet periods according to information in the first and second QP schedules;
wherein the incumbent signal is transmitted by a primary user device; and
wherein the master and client devices are secondary user devices.
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Abstract
A method and system for scheduling and protecting quiet periods (QP) in a quiet zone (105) for incumbent signal (121) detection in a wireless communications system. The communication system includes a plurality of wireless networks (103, 104), each of the plurality of wireless networks contains at least a master device (101, 401) and a client device (111, 411). In each of the plurality of wireless networks, the master device (101, 401) transmits a beacon (402) that contains a QP schedule (500) and a reservation of a time slot (405) for the client device (411). The client device (111, 411) transmits a request-to-quiet (RTQ) message (412) during the time slot, wherein the RTQ message (412) includes the client device'"'"'s QP schedule information. The master and client devices within the quiet zone (105) keep quiet during scheduled quiet periods according to the QP schedule information contained in the received beacons and RTQ messages.
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1. A method for scheduling and protecting quiet periods (QP) in a quiet zone in order to detect an incumbent signal in a wireless communications system that includes a plurality of wireless networks, each of the plurality of wireless networks containing at least a master device and a client device, the method comprising:
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transmitting a beacon by a master device of one of the plurality of wireless networks, wherein the beacon contains a first QP schedule and a reservation of a time slot for a client device of the one of the plurality of wireless networks; transmitting a request-to-quiet (RTQ) message by the client device of the one of the plurality of wireless networks during the time slot, wherein the RTQ message includes a second QP schedule; and keeping quiet by the master device and the client device of each of the plurality of wireless networks within the quiet zone during quiet periods according to information in the first and second QP schedules; wherein the incumbent signal is transmitted by a primary user device; and wherein the master and client devices are secondary user devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for detecting an incumbent signal of a wireless communications medium, the system including a plurality of wireless networks, each of the plurality of wireless networks containing at least a master device and a client device, the system comprising:
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a master device of one of the plurality of wireless networks configured to transmit a beacon, the beacon containing a first quiet period (QP) schedule and a reservation of a time slot for a client device of the one of the plurality of wireless networks, the client device of the one of the plurality of wireless networks being configured to transmit a request-to-quiet (RTQ) message during the time slot, wherein the RTQ message includes a second QP schedule, and wherein master and client devices of each of the plurality of wireless networks within a quiet zone are configured to keep quiet during quiet periods according to information in the first and second QP schedule; wherein the incumbent signal is transmitted by a primary user device; and wherein the master and client devices are secondary user devices. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer executable code, that when executed, causing a processor to perform a process of scheduling and protecting quiet periods (QP) in a quiet zone in order to detect an incumbent signal in a wireless communications system that includes a plurality of wireless networks, each of the plurality of wireless networks containing at least a master device and a client device, the process comprising:
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transmitting a beacon by a master device of one of the plurality of wireless networks, wherein the beacon contains a first QP schedule and a reservation of a time slot for a client device of the one of the plurality of wireless networks; transmitting a request-to-quiet (RTQ) message by the client device of the one of the plurality of wireless networks during the time slot, wherein the RTQ message comprises a second QP schedule; and keeping quiet by master and client devices of each of the plurality of wireless networks within the quiet zone during quiet periods according to information in the first and second QP schedule; wherein the incumbent signal is transmitted by a primary user device; and wherein the master and client devices are secondary user devices. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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