Method for coordination of wireless transceivers of a network node and network node
First Claim
1. A method for coordination of wireless transceivers of a network node, wherein said network node is equipped with one or more wireless transceivers that are capable of simultaneously generating and/or receiving electromagnetic signals on different electromagnetic channels, comprising the steps of:
- for each pending packet transmission on a particular of said electromagnetic channels, checking the presence of ongoing and/or scheduled activity on one or more of the other of said electromagnetic channels; and
deferring said pending packet transmission in case ongoing and/or scheduled activity is detected on one or more of the other of said electromagnetic channels, at least until said detected ongoing and/or scheduled activity on one or more of the other of said electromagnetic channels is completed,wherein a scheduling of packet transmissions on said electromagnetic channels is realized with packet-level granularity by applying the deferring step before the packet has reached the physical layer, either at the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer or at a layer above the MAC layer, andwherein said deferring of a pending packet transmission is applied after the MAC layer access contention is completed and said network node has acquired the right to transmit.
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Abstract
A method for coordination of wireless transceivers of a network node, in particular for application in communication nodes of a vehicular network, wherein the network node is equipped with one or more wireless transceivers that are capable of simultaneously generating and/or receiving electromagnetic signals on different electromagnetic channels, the electromagnetic signals being potentially able to interfere with each other, is characterized in the steps of, for each pending packet transmission on a particular of the electromagnetic channels, checking the presence of ongoing and/or scheduled activity on one or more of the other of the electromagnetic channels, and deferring the pending packet transmission in case ongoing and/or scheduled activity is detected on one or more of the other of the electromagnetic channels, at least until the detected ongoing and/or scheduled activity on one or more of the other of the electromagnetic channels is completed. Furthermore, a corresponding network node is disclosed.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for coordination of wireless transceivers of a network node, wherein said network node is equipped with one or more wireless transceivers that are capable of simultaneously generating and/or receiving electromagnetic signals on different electromagnetic channels, comprising the steps of:
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for each pending packet transmission on a particular of said electromagnetic channels, checking the presence of ongoing and/or scheduled activity on one or more of the other of said electromagnetic channels; and deferring said pending packet transmission in case ongoing and/or scheduled activity is detected on one or more of the other of said electromagnetic channels, at least until said detected ongoing and/or scheduled activity on one or more of the other of said electromagnetic channels is completed, wherein a scheduling of packet transmissions on said electromagnetic channels is realized with packet-level granularity by applying the deferring step before the packet has reached the physical layer, either at the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer or at a layer above the MAC layer, and wherein said deferring of a pending packet transmission is applied after the MAC layer access contention is completed and said network node has acquired the right to transmit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A network node, comprising:
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one or more wireless transceivers that are capable of simultaneously generating and/or receiving electromagnetic signals on different electromagnetic channels, wherein said wireless transceivers include detection means that check for each pending packet transmission on a particular one of said electromagnetic channels, the presence of ongoing and/or scheduled activity on one or more other of said electromagnetic channels, wherein said wireless transceivers are configured to defer said pending packet transmission in case ongoing and/or scheduled activity is detected on the one or more of the other of said electromagnetic channels, at least until the completion of said detected ongoing and/or scheduled activity on the one or more of the other of said electromagnetic channels is completed, wherein a scheduling of packet transmissions on said electromagnetic channels is realized with packet-level granularity by deferring packet transmission before the packet has reached the physical layer, either at the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer or at a layer above the MAC layer, and wherein said pending packet transmission is deferred by deferring said pending packet transmission after the MAC layer access contention is completed and said network node has acquired the right to transmit. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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