SETTING TRANSMISSION PARAMETERS IN A SHARED COMMUNICATION MEDIUM
First Claim
1. A communication method, comprising:
- receiving in accordance with a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) a first management frame indicating a first Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) and a second management frame indicating a second BSSID different from the first BSSID;
calculating a timestamp difference between a first management frame timestamp included in the first management frame and a second management frame timestamp included in the second management frame;
assigning the first BSSID and the second BSSID to a first grouping associated with a first physical access point based on the timestamp difference;
selecting one or more operating channels or setting one or more parameters of a Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) communication pattern based on the assigning, the DTX communication pattern defining activated periods and deactivated periods of communication; and
transmitting on the one or more operating channels in accordance with a second RAT or transmitting in accordance with the DTX communication pattern.
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Abstract
Techniques for setting transmission parameters in a shared communication medium are disclosed. A communication method in accordance with the present disclosure may include, for example, receiving in accordance with a first RAT a first management frame indicating a first BSSID and a second management frame indicating a second BSSID different from the first BSSID, calculating a timestamp difference between a first management frame timestamp included in the first management frame and a second management frame timestamp included in the second management frame, the first BSSID and the second BSSID to a first grouping associated with a first physical access point based on the timestamp difference, and selecting one or more operating channels or setting one or more parameters of a DTX communication pattern based on the assigning, the DTX communication pattern defining activated periods and deactivated periods of communication.
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30 Claims
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1. A communication method, comprising:
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receiving in accordance with a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) a first management frame indicating a first Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) and a second management frame indicating a second BSSID different from the first BSSID; calculating a timestamp difference between a first management frame timestamp included in the first management frame and a second management frame timestamp included in the second management frame; assigning the first BSSID and the second BSSID to a first grouping associated with a first physical access point based on the timestamp difference; selecting one or more operating channels or setting one or more parameters of a Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) communication pattern based on the assigning, the DTX communication pattern defining activated periods and deactivated periods of communication; and transmitting on the one or more operating channels in accordance with a second RAT or transmitting in accordance with the DTX communication pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A communication apparatus, comprising:
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one or more transceivers configured to; receive in accordance with a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) a first management frame indicating a first Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) and a second management frame indicating a second BSSID different from the first BSSID; and transmit on one or more operating channels in accordance with a second RAT and transmit in accordance with a Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) communication pattern; and at least one processor; and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one processor and the at least one memory being configured to; calculate a timestamp difference between a first management frame timestamp included in the first management frame and a second management frame timestamp included in the second management frame; assign the first BSSID and the second BSSID to a first grouping associated with a first physical access point in response to the determining; and select the one or more operating channels or set one or more parameters of the DTX communication pattern based on the assigning, the DTX communication pattern defining activated periods and deactivated periods of communication. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A communication method, comprising:
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receiving in accordance with a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) a first management frame indicating a first Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) and a second management frame indicating a second BSSID different from the first BSSID; comparing a first fixed field of the first management frame and a second fixed field of the second management frame; determining a correspondence between the first fixed field and the second fixed field; assigning the first BSSID and the second BSSID to a first grouping associated with a first physical access point in response to the determining; selecting one or more operating channels or setting one or more parameters of a Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) communication pattern based on the assigning, the DTX communication pattern defining activated periods and deactivated periods of communication; and transmitting on the one or more operating channels in accordance with a second RAT or transmitting in accordance with the DTX communication pattern. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A communication method, comprising:
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receiving in accordance with a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) a first series of management frames indicating a first Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) and a second series of management frames indicating a second BSSID different from the first BSSID; determining a first series of received signal strength indications (RSSI) corresponding to the first series of management frames and a second series of RSSI corresponding to the second series of management frames; determining whether a correlation between the first series of RSSI and the second series of RSSI exceeds a correlation threshold; assigning the first BSSID and the second BSSID to a first grouping associated with a first physical access point in response to the determining; selecting one or more operating channels or setting one or more parameters of a Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) communication pattern based on the assigning, the DTX communication pattern defining activated periods and deactivated periods of communication; and transmitting on the one or more operating channels in accordance with a second RAT or transmitting in accordance with the DTX communication pattern. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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