System and method for medium access control enabling both full-duplex and half-duplex communications
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1. A method comprising:
- communicating first transmission data at a first rate on a common frequency spectrum, the first transmission data comprising part of data-to-be-communicated; and
upon receiving a received-data in the common frequency spectrum while communicating the first transmission data;
stopping communication of the first transmission data at a current frame;
dropping the current frame of the first transmission data;
initializing a second transmission data, the second transmission data comprising part of the data-to-be-communicated, a first frame of the second transmission data comprising a following frame which immediately follows the current frame of the first transmission data; and
communicating the second transmission data at a reduced rate on the common frequency spectrum.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for a modified MAC protocol which can facilitate communications with both full-duplex and half-duplex devices. A system configured according to the disclosed method can enable communications between an Access Point (AP) and a client in either full duplex or half duplex. The system can similarly enable peer-to-peer communications in both full duplex and half duplex communication modes.
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1. A method comprising:
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communicating first transmission data at a first rate on a common frequency spectrum, the first transmission data comprising part of data-to-be-communicated; and upon receiving a received-data in the common frequency spectrum while communicating the first transmission data; stopping communication of the first transmission data at a current frame; dropping the current frame of the first transmission data; initializing a second transmission data, the second transmission data comprising part of the data-to-be-communicated, a first frame of the second transmission data comprising a following frame which immediately follows the current frame of the first transmission data; and communicating the second transmission data at a reduced rate on the common frequency spectrum. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system, comprising:
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a processor; and a computer-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising; communicating first transmission data at a first rate on a common frequency spectrum, the first transmission data comprising part of data-to-be-communicated; and upon receiving a received-data in the common frequency spectrum while communicating the first transmission data; stopping communication of the first transmission data at a current frame; dropping the current frame of the first transmission data; initializing a second transmission data, the second transmission data comprising part of the data-to-be-communicated, a first frame of the second transmission data comprising a following frame which immediately follows the current frame of the first transmission data; and communicating the second transmission data at a reduced rate on the common frequency spectrum. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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communicating first transmission data at a first rate on a common frequency spectrum, the first transmission data comprising part of data-to-be-communicated; and upon receiving a received-data in the common frequency spectrum while communicating the first transmission data; stopping communication of the first transmission data at a current frame; dropping the current frame of the first transmission data; initializing a second transmission data, the second transmission data comprising part of the data-to-be-communicated, a first frame of the second transmission data comprising a following frame which immediately follows the current frame of the first transmission data; and communicating the second transmission data at a reduced rate on the common frequency spectrum. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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