SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WINDOWING IN FULL-DUPLEX COMMUNICATIONS

摘要

A system and method for establishing windows that govern the exchange of acknowledgements in a full-duplex communication. The window is established for two nodes which transmit asymmetric frame sizes in full-duplex mode. The window is related to the size of the asymmetric frames. Frames are exchanged in full-duplex between the two nodes, and the window size is defined as enabling the nodes to send data until the number of unacknowledged frames at the nodes is less than or equal to the window size, at which point acknowledgments are exchanged simultaneously. In sending the acknowledgment, both nodes can send acknowledgments simultaneously in full-duplex in the same frequency bin.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
accessing data indicating a window size defining when a first node transmits a first acknowledgement of a receipt of a first frame and when a second node transmits a second acknowledgement of a receipt of a second frame, wherein the window size is determined based on one or more of a protocol, a negotiation between the first node and the second node, a first frame size of the first frame, and a second frame size of the second frame, and wherein transmissions of acknowledgments are in full-duplex within a common frequency channel between the first node and the second node; and after receiving the first frame, transmitting, via a processor, the first acknowledgment of the first frame to the second node in full-duplex in the common frequency channel while receiving data in the common frequency channel.