Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090005092 | CONTENTION WINDOW ADAPTATION OF WIRELESS DEVICES FOR MITIGATION OF PERIODIC INTERFERENCE - When a wireless communications device determines that a microwave oven or other source of periodic interference is operating nearby, the device may rapidly increase the size of its contention window to reduce the number of retries that it attempts during the period of interference. Similarly, it may rapidly decrease the size of the contention window during the periods of non-interference. In some embodiments, the maximum size of the contention window derived during periods of interference may be sized to assure enough time for successful completion of at least one transmission during the next period of non-interference. | 01-01-2009 |
20090047906 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MICROWAVE DETECTION - Disclosed are a method and system for triggering a wireless device to perform sensing of wireless spectrum to detect microwave signal interference in a wireless medium. The wireless device transmits one or more packets and checks the status of transmission for each packet. Based on the status of transmission of the packet, counters are updated. Symbols are generated to correspond to an ON/OFF pattern of an interference signal, when the counters exceed a pre-defined threshold value. A plurality of symbols corresponding to transmission of one or more packets forms a sequence. The sequence is compared with a pre-defined pattern. The occurrence of a match between the sequence and the pre-defined pattern signifies presence of a periodic interference signal. Sensing of wireless spectrum is then triggered to detect microwave signal interference. | 02-19-2009 |
20090052574 | MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL ADAPTATION METHOD FOR MICROWAVE INTERFERENCE - Disclosed is a Media Access Control (MAC) adaptation method for adapting transmission of packets by a wireless device in response to interference in a wireless medium. On detecting interference in the wireless medium, the wireless device triggers sensing of wireless spectrum to determine presence of a periodic interference signal. A first energy level and a second energy level of the periodic interference signal are estimated and a threshold energy level is set between the first energy level and the second energy level for transmission of packets by the wireless device. Based on the threshold energy level and a current energy level in the wireless medium, the wireless device transmits packets over the wireless medium. | 02-26-2009 |
20090059890 | Spatial reuse in directional antenna systems - In directional antennas, spatial reuse involves enabling two communications to occur on the same link at the same time. The communications may be in the same or opposite directions. If no link of sufficient bandwidth is available that does not already have an active communication, a link with an active communication of sufficient bandwidth is located. Then an antenna training sequence may be implemented. A check determines whether the antenna training sequence was successful. If there was interference during the antenna training sequence, then the spatial reuse is not permitted. Otherwise, spatial reuse may be permitted. | 03-05-2009 |
20090086843 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MITIGATING INTERFERENCE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - System and method of locating an interferer and mitigating its effect for stations of a wireless local area network. Embodiments provide a protocol and mechanism to evaluate the interferer location relative to a wireless link and to take accurate actions to mitigate the interference effect for specific cases. A method includes classifying a location of an interferer relative to a wireless communication device based on a comparison with a clear-channel threshold and a noise-tolerability threshold of the device, categorizing a location of the interferer relative to a wireless link based on a combination of the interference categories for the transmitting and the receiving devices, and mitigating interference in the wireless network according to the categorization. For example, in some cases, mitigating includes adapting a noise-tolerability threshold of the transmitting device to allow transmission. | 04-02-2009 |
20090168693 | TECHNIQUES FOR THE OPERATION OF MULTIPLE CLASSES OF DEVICES IN A WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORK - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising communicating and coexisting in a wireless personal area network (WPAN) by a at least one device operating as an advanced device (AD) and at least one device operating as a simple device (SD) by using the at least one AD as a proxy for the at least one SD to control the communication of the at least one SD. | 07-02-2009 |
20090232010 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CONNECTIVITY RECOVERY IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A wireless communication device and a method of operating an antenna training process to discover first and second communication paths between at least two stations, to rank according to a quality criterion transmitting and receiving modes of an antenna, to report best transmitting mode and best receiving mode for transmitting and receiving signals over said first and second communication paths and to establish a communication link on a selected communication path based on the quality of the transmitting mode and said receiving mode. | 09-17-2009 |
20090232035 | Beaconing and frame structure for directional antenna communications - In a wireless communications network containing network devices capable of both directional and omnidirectional communications, a network controller may arrange a series of superframes into groups of multiple consecutive superframes, in which only one superframe in each group contains an omnidirectional beacon, and the remainder of the superframes in the group contain only directional beacons. | 09-17-2009 |
20090310592 | Techniques for spatial reuse in wireless personal area networks based on virtual time divisional multiple access - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising configuring a transceiver for special reuse using a virtual time division multiple access (TDMA) technique in a wireless personal area network that allows additional non-interfering transceivers to perform concurrent transmissions with said transceiver. | 12-17-2009 |
20110044303 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING A CONTENTION WINDOW FOR WIRELESS TRANSMISSION - Device, system, and method of adjusting a contention window for wireless transmission. In some embodiments, a wireless communication unit may control transmissions of a wireless communication device in a wireless area network during a contention period, wherein the wireless communication unit is to select a back-off period within a contention-window having a contention-window size, which is adjusted based on a number of stations included in the wireless area network, and wherein the wireless communication unit is to wait for the back-off period prior to beginning a wireless transmission during the contention period. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-24-2011 |
20110151840 | ENHANCED SERVICE DISCOVERY MECHANISM IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - According to various embodiments, an apparatus and method are disclosed that are configured to transmit from a controller to associated mobile stations an advertising message including an advertising information element indicative of the establishment of the new association of a new service provider capable of providing at least one particular service. | 06-23-2011 |
20110158145 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO SUPPORT WIRELESS MULTICAST TRANSMISSION - A method and system may include a source station to provide wireless multicast transmission to a plurality of destination stations according to a protocol adaptation layer multicast management protocol. The protocol adaptation layer may lie above the MAC layer. The multicast management protocol includes formation, maintenance, and termination procedures. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-30-2011 |
20110261684 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CONNECTIVITY RECOVERY IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A wireless communication device and a method of operating an antenna training process to discover first and second communication paths between at least two stations, to rank according to a quality criterion transmitting and receiving modes of an antenna, to report best transmitting mode and best receiving mode for transmitting and receiving signals over said first and second communication paths and to establish a communication link on a selected communication path based on the quality of the transmitting mode and said receiving mode. | 10-27-2011 |
20110276711 | Multicast service discovery - A sink device service discovery initiation procedure performed at the Protocol Adaptation Layer (PAL) is described. | 11-10-2011 |
20120057517 | Wireless Clone Mode Display - Wireless sinks, such as displays, may receive wirelessly transmitted audio/video information in clone mode. In one embodiment, the same audio/video stream may be provided to a plurality of sinks daisy chained from a wireless receiver. | 03-08-2012 |
20120063376 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MAPPING DISPLAYPORT OVER A WIRELESS INTERFACE - A method and system to facilitate the mapping of the DisplayPort standard over a wireless interface. The wireless interface uses a communication protocol that operates in accordance with, but is not limited to, a wireless gigabit alliance (WGA) standard, a Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11a/b/g, IEEE 802.11n, and other IEEE wireless standards, a Bluetooth standard, a Ultra-wideband (UWB) standard, and a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard. In one embodiment of the invention, it provides a definition for mapping the DisplayPort standard over a wireless interface to enable wireless display usage model with existing or new DisplayPort sink devices. The definition for mapping the DisplayPort standard over a wireless interface allows end-to-end interoperability of DisplayPort based wireless devices and facilitates the adoption of the definition as an industry standard in one embodiment of the invention. | 03-15-2012 |
20120063506 | TECHNIQUES ENABLING VIDEO SLICE ALIGNMENT FOR LOW-LATECY VIDEO TRANSMISSIONS OVER MMWAVE COMMUNICATIONS - An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising, a transceiver adapted for low-latency video transmissions over mmWave communications by using a slice alignment indication field in an audio/video protocol adaptation layer (A/V PAL) packet header to indicate whether a payload is aligned at a slice boundary and thus does not need parsing at a sink. | 03-15-2012 |
20120099582 | SPATIAL REUSE IN DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA SYSTEMS - In directional antennas, spatial reuse involves enabling two communications to occur on the same link at the same time. The communications may be in the same or opposite directions. If no link of sufficient bandwidth is available that does not already have an active communication, a link with an active communication of sufficient bandwidth is located. Then an antenna training sequence may be implemented. A check determines whether the antenna training sequence was successful. If there was interference during the antenna training sequence, then the spatial reuse is not permitted. Otherwise, spatial reuse may be permitted. | 04-26-2012 |
20120230311 | TECHNIQUES FOR SPATIAL REUSE IN WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORKS BASED ON VIRTUAL TIME DIVISIONAL MULTIPLE ACCESS - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising configuring a transceiver for special reuse using a virtual time division multiple access (TDMA) technique in a wireless personal area network that allows additional non-interfering transceivers to perform concurrent transmissions with said transceiver. | 09-13-2012 |
20120300645 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM OF MANAGING AN ENCODER OUTPUT RATE BASED UPON WIRELESS COMMUNICATION LINK FEEDBACK - Machine-readable media, methods, apparatus and system for managing an encoder output rate at least partially based upon wireless communication link feedback are described. In some embodiments, a device driver of the system may generate link information indicating quality of a wireless communication link between the system and another system, wherein the link information is generated at least partially based upon at least one of media access layer (MAC) information and physical layer information of the system. A system managing entity of the system may manage an output rate of an encoder of the system at least partially based upon the link information. | 11-29-2012 |
20130044671 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO SUPPORT WIRELESS MULTICAST TRANSMISSION - A method and system may include a source station to provide wireless multicast transmission to a plurality of destination stations according to a protocol adaptation layer multicast management protocol. The protocol adaptation layer may lie above the MAC layer. The multicast management protocol includes formation, maintenance, and termination procedures. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-21-2013 |
20130315118 | IMPLEMENTING AN INTER-PAL PASS-THROUGH - A system and method are provided that implement an inter-protocol adaptation layer (inter-PAL) pass-through processing scheme in wireless communicating devices operating with separate PALs to combine use of the individually-beneficial features of one PAL by allowing a first order capability for cross-talk between the PALs. A first PAL data packet is passed through the communicating system using a second PAL syntax. In so doing, a capacity to employ beneficial features of the second PAL advantageously in enhancement of the information in a data packet generated according to the first PAL is provided. | 11-28-2013 |
20140016495 | LINK PREDICTION BASED RE-BEAMFORMING TRIGGERING ALGORITHM FOR 60 GHZ COMMUNICATION LINKS - A system and method are provided to trigger re-beamforming based on an algorithm that assesses various link characteristics. The algorithm is based on the ability of a 60 GHz receiving device to track and feedback a Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) to a 60 GHz data packet transmitter. By automatically analyzing RSSI values across a range of data packets, including consecutive data packets, a link degradation trend is predicted. When link degradation crosses, or is predicted to cross, a predetermined threshold, re-beamforming is triggered by the algorithm. Variables in the algorithm and the predetermined thresholds used by the algorithm can be automatically or manually modified to maintain a balance between appropriately triggering the re-beamforming when the conditions arise without unnecessarily triggering the re-beamforming thereby causing unneeded interruptions in regular data flow. | 01-16-2014 |
20140029503 | Wireless Clone Mode Display - Wireless sinks, such as displays, may receive wirelessly transmitted audio/video information in clone mode. In one embodiment, the same audio/video stream may be provided to a plurality of sinks daisy chained from a wireless receiver. | 01-30-2014 |
20140218236 | USE OF LOCATION INFORMATION IN MULTI-RADIO DEVICES FOR MMWAVE BEAMFORMING - A system and method are provided for using location services available from other radios in a multi-radio system to assist a beamforming mechanism, particularly in establishing and maintaining mmWave communication link. A majority of wireless client devices for use in a mmWave communication link are equipped with multiple radios. Many of the “other” radios include technologies that support location based services, including GPS, Wi-Fi and cellular communications. One or more non-mmWave in one device is used to provide relative location information regarding the other device with which the mmWave communication link is to be established. The relative location information is used to derive a direction for communication, and to compute beamforming parameters, in a limited set of transmit/receive sectors where the destination device is likely to be found, in order to streamline the beamforming process. | 08-07-2014 |
20140219291 | IMPLEMENTING A PROTOCOL ADAPTATION LAYER OVER AN INTERNET PROTOCOL - A system and method are provided that allow WiGig protocol adaptation layers (PALs) to operate differently from the proposed WiGig standard on top of an Internet protocol (IP) layer in order to enhance routing options for communication of the data traffic between a transmitting (source) device and a receiving (sink) device. A layering architecture is provided that allows WiGig PALs, such as WDE, to operate on top of an IP layer. A signaling mechanism is also provided that allows a negotiation, or at least an indication, of the underlying layering structure for specific data communications. Recognizing that the next generation wireless display requires technology such as WiGig WDE to support the driving demand for a cable replacement user experience and richer wireless display use cases, this PAL over IP architecture optimizes alignment of the WiGig data communication technology with other data communication technologies. | 08-07-2014 |
20140233556 | IMPLEMENTING AN ASSISTED CROSS-PROTOCOL ADAPTATION LAYER/CROSS-LAYER CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION SCHEME - A system and method are provided to streamline at least a clock synchronization process for subsequent WiGig PALs once clocks in a first WiGig PAL transmitter and a corresponding first WiGig PAL receiver are synchronized. The unique layering structure of the WiGig 60 GHz standard affords an opportunity to streamline the clock synchronization process based on relationships between individual WiGig PALs, and that the WiGig PALs are directly on top of the WiGig MAC and PHY layers. A process for assisted cross-PAL/cross-layer clock synchronization affords significant reductions in an amount of time required to synchronize the clocks of multiple WiGig PALs based on leveraging an already synchronized clock pair in a first WiGig PAL transmitter/receiver pair to facilitate the clock synchronization of one or more subsequent WiGig PAL transmitter/receiver pairs. | 08-21-2014 |
20140244870 | IMPLEMENTING AN INTER-PROCESSOR COMMUNICATION IN A MULTI-CORE SYSTEM USING mmWAVE RADIOS - A system and method are provided that implement the use of mmWave directional communications to replace wired interconnects for inter-processor communication in multi-core computing systems. Using highly directional, low interference mmWave transmissions in the 60 GHz frequency range, an alternative interconnect scheme is provided to support inter-processor communication in multi-core computing systems for operations and testing. Wired interconnects between the multiple cores and a bus interface are replaced with cooperating mmWave transmitting/receiving devices on each of the core side and the bus interface side. The ability to transmit and receive separate high data rate, directional low interference signals for individual core communication is thus facilitated between the bus interface and each of the multiple cores in the multi-core computing system. | 08-28-2014 |
20140269543 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER-PROTOCOL ADAPTATION LAYER PERFORMANCE COORDINATION - An approach is provided for coordinating protocol adaptation layer (PAL) performance. The approach involves causing, at least in part, a schedule request message to be sent from a first PAL to a second PAL. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a schedule response message to be sent from the second PAL to the first PAL. The approach further involves processing the schedule response message to cause, at least in part, a negotiated coordinated schedule between the first PAL and the second PAL. | 09-18-2014 |
20140292090 | IMPLEMENTING WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER WITH 60 GHZ MMWAVE COMMUNICATION - A system and method are provided to form multiple separate beamformed wireless communication links between a 60 GHz mmWave transmitter and a cooperating 60 GHz mmWave receiver, to transfer not only wireless data communication between the cooperating devices, but also to transmit usable wireless power between the cooperating devices. These systems and methods employ a technology for establishing multiple beamformed wireless communication links between cooperating 60 GHz mmWave communication devices to transfer wireless data communication between the cooperating devices, and separately to transmit usable wireless power between the cooperating devices over separate wireless directional beamformed links between the devices providing efficient and effective wireless power transmission between the devices based on the directionality of the beamformed links. Because 60 GHz mmWave transmissions are highly directional, with beamwidths on the order of 10-20 degrees, power loss based on wasted energy when compared to existing omnidirectional wireless power transmission systems is significantly reduced. | 10-02-2014 |
20140293870 | BEAMFORMING BASED ON INFORMATION FROM PLATFORM SENSORS - A system and method are provided for triggering re-beamforming in a 60 GHz communication link based on information collected from platform positional sensors associated with one or the other or both of the transmitters/receivers that constitute ends of the communication link. The disclosed systems and methods monitor various positional sensors that may be used to sense translational and rotational movement of at least one of the platforms on which at least one of the transmitters/receivers is mounted. Information provided by the positional sensors is processed to determine whether or not to trigger re-beamforming for link recovery in 60 GHz communication link. Information provided by the sensors may be used in combination with other link operating metrics, such as PER and RSSI, to make an intelligent determination whether to trigger re-beamforming. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294106 | IMPLEMENTING MIMO IN MMWAVE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A system and method are provided to increase data rates available in mmWave wireless communication systems by adapting a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) in a next generation mmWave wireless communication system. The system and method advantageously employ the characteristics of mmWave antenna arrays, including multiple antenna elements in each antenna array, to implement the MIMO scheme by establishing multiple beamformed communication links between a mmWave transmitter and receiver. An outgoing signal is divided into multiple signal elements to correspond to the multiple beamformed links and each of the multiple signal elements is transmitted by the transmitter across a different one of the multiple beamformed links to be reassembled at the receiver. An antenna element allocation scheme is incorporated to assign specific numbers and configurations of antenna elements at each of the transmitted and receiver to each of the multiple beamformed communication links. | 10-02-2014 |