Channel reuse in communication systems
First Claim
1. A method of communicating over a shared communication medium shared by a first network and a second network, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a first station in the first network, a first signal associated with the first network;
determining a first signal strength value for the first signal based at least in part on at least one of a portion of a detected preamble of the first signal and a portion of a detected frame control of the first signal;
receiving, from a second station in the second network, a second signal strength value for a second signal associated with the second network; and
determining a detection threshold based at least in part on the first signal strength value and the second signal strength value, the detection threshold determined such that a third received signal having a third signal strength value greater than the detection threshold is processed according to a first protocol of the first network and is not processed according to a second protocol of the second network.
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Abstract
A method includes determining a signal strength value for a first received signal received from a first station in a first network. The first received signal is received in the first network through a shared communication medium that is shared with a second network. The method includes receiving an indicator of a signal strength value determined for a second received signal from a second station in the second network. Based on the signal strength value for the first received signal and based on the indicator of the signal strength value determined for the second received signal, a detection threshold is selected such that, in response to a third received signal having a signal strength in excess of the detection threshold, the third received signal is processed according to a protocol of the first network and is not processed according to a protocol of the second network.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of communicating over a shared communication medium shared by a first network and a second network, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a first station in the first network, a first signal associated with the first network; determining a first signal strength value for the first signal based at least in part on at least one of a portion of a detected preamble of the first signal and a portion of a detected frame control of the first signal; receiving, from a second station in the second network, a second signal strength value for a second signal associated with the second network; and determining a detection threshold based at least in part on the first signal strength value and the second signal strength value, the detection threshold determined such that a third received signal having a third signal strength value greater than the detection threshold is processed according to a first protocol of the first network and is not processed according to a second protocol of the second network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of communicating over a shared communication medium, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a first station in a network, first signals from other stations in the network through the shared communication medium; determining, by the first station, signal strength values for the first signals based at least in part on at least one of a portion of a detected preamble of the first signals and a portion of a detected frame control of the first signals; determining, by the first station, a detection threshold such that the first signals received from a first subset of the other stations have signal strength values in excess of the detection threshold and such that the first received from a second subset of the other stations have signal strength values below the detection threshold; receiving, after determining the detection threshold and at the first station, a second signal from one of the other stations in the network through the shared communication medium; accepting and processing, by the first station based at least in part on the second signal being in excess of the detection threshold, the second signal from the first subset of the other stations in the network; and ignoring, by the first station based at least in part on receiving a third signal that is below the detection threshold, the third signal from the second subset of the other stations. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to execute computer usable program code, wherein based at least in part on execution of the computer usable program code, the processor is configured to; receive, at a first station in a first network, a first signal associated with the first network, wherein a shared communication medium is shared by the first network and a second network; determine a first signal strength value for the first signal based at least in part on at least one of a portion of a detected preamble of the first signal and a portion of a detected frame control of the first signal; receive, from a second station in the second network, a second signal strength value for a second signal associated with the second network; and determine a detection threshold based at least in part on the first signal strength value and the second signal strength value, the detection threshold determined such that a third received signal having a third signal strength value greater than the detection threshold is processed according to a first protocol of the first network and is not processed according to a second protocol of the second network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A station comprising:
a processor configured to execute computer usable program code, wherein based at least in part on execution of the computer usable program code, the processor is configured to; receive first signals from other stations in a network through a shared communication medium; determine signal strength values for the first signals based at least in part on at least one of a portion of a detected preamble of the first signals and a portion of a detected frame control of the first signals; determine a detection threshold such that the first signals received from a first subset of the other stations have signal strength values in excess of the detection threshold and such that the first signals received from a second subset of the other stations have signal strength values below the detection threshold; receive, after determination of the detection threshold, a second signal from one of the other stations in the network through the shared communication medium; accept and process, based at least in part on the second signal being in excess of the detection threshold, the second signal from the first subset of the other stations in the network; and ignore, based at least in part on receipt of a third signal that is below the detection threshold, the third signal from the second subset of the other stations. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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