| 主权项 |
1. A method for sharing a communication channel between a first network and a second network, the method comprising:
transmitting, by a first network node, a signal from the second network to the first network in response to the second network detecting presence of the first network, the signal comprising a predetermined sequence, wherein content of the predetermined sequence is known to both the first network and the second network; measuring a strength of the signal arriving at the first network based on knowledge of the content of the predetermined sequence; calculating a throughput metric based on the measured strength, wherein throughput refers to amount of information transmitted per second; selectively transmitting a unification request from the first network to the second network in response to the throughput metric being less than a unification threshold, wherein the unification request invites the second network to coordinate operation with the first network to reduce interference between the first network and the second network; transmitting, by a second network node, a second signal from the first network to the second network in response to the first network detecting presence of the second network, the second signal comprising the predetermined sequence; measuring a second strength of the second signal arriving at the second network; calculating a second throughput metric based on the second measured strength; and in response to the second throughput metric being less than the unification threshold when the unification request is received from the first network, coordinating operation of the first and second networks under a single master node in response to the unification request. |
