METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REUSE OF A WIRELESS RESOURCE

摘要

Methods and apparatus related to reuse of a wireless resource are described. Various methods and apparatus are well suited to wireless communications systemslacking centralized control, e.g., an ad hoc peer to peer wireless communicationssystem. A wireless device, corresponding to a second connection, evaluates whether ornot it can reuse a resource associated with a first connection. The first connection is,e.g., an existing active connection and the second connection is, e.g., a potentialconnection. The wireless device receives one or more control signals from one or morefirst connection devices. The wireless device determines, based on the received controlsignals, one or more estimated SINRs characterizing expected results in the system ifthe two connections should use the same resource concurrently. The wireless devicemakes a resource reuse decision based on the determined estimated one or more SINRsand a threshold criteria.