WIRELESS MEDIA USAGE, CHANNEL AGGREGATION, AND FULL-DUPLEX COMMUNICATIONS

摘要

A wireless network includes a channel allocation manager and multiple wireless access points. The wireless channel allocation manager receives a request from a first wireless access point amongst multiple wireless access points for allocation of a wireless channel. In response to receiving the request for allocation of a wireless channel, the channel allocation manager selects a particular wireless channel for allocation to the first wireless access point in the network environment. The channel allocation manager notifies the multiple wireless access points of a particular wireless channel that has been allocated for use by the first wireless access point (or its subordinates) in a specified timeframe. The first wireless access point either uses the allocated channel to communicate data downstream to a respective mobile communication device or notifies the mobile communication device that the particular wireless channel has been allocated to communicate upstream to the first wireless access point.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
utilizing a first wireless channel to communicate first data between a first station to a second station, the first wireless channel acquired in accordance with a CSMA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access) communication protocol; receiving notification that a second wireless channel has been allocated to support communications between the first station and the second station in a specified timeframe; and in accordance with the notification, utilizing the second wireless channel in the specified timeframe to communicate second data between the first station and the second station.