SCHEDULING AND PROTECTION OF QUIET PERIODS IN A QUIET ZONE FOR INCUMBENT SIGNAL DETECTION

摘要

A method and system for scheduling and protecting quiet periods (QP) in a quiet zone (105) for incumbent signal (121) detection in a wireless communications system. The communication system includes a plurality of wireless networks (103, 104), each of the plurality of wireless networks contains at least a master device (101, 401 ) and a client device (111, 411). In each of the plurality of wireless networks, the master device (101, 401) transmits a beacon (402) that contains a QP schedule (500) and a reservation of a time slot (405) for the client device (411 ). The client device (111, 411) transmits a request-to-quiet (RTQ) message (412) during the time slot, wherein the RTQ message (412) includes the client device's QP schedule information. The master and client devices within the quiet zone (105) keep quiet during scheduled quiet periods according to the QP schedule information contained in the received beacons and RTQ messages.