Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080259811 | Spectrum Measurement Management for Dynamic Spectrum Access Wireless Systems - A wireless system ( | 10-23-2008 |
20090059890 | Spatial reuse in directional antenna systems - In directional antennas, spatial reuse involves enabling two communications to occur on the same link at the same time. The communications may be in the same or opposite directions. If no link of sufficient bandwidth is available that does not already have an active communication, a link with an active communication of sufficient bandwidth is located. Then an antenna training sequence may be implemented. A check determines whether the antenna training sequence was successful. If there was interference during the antenna training sequence, then the spatial reuse is not permitted. Otherwise, spatial reuse may be permitted. | 03-05-2009 |
20090061784 | Antenna training and tracking protocol - A particular communications protocol is used for antenna training to accomplish directional communications in a wireless communications network. In some embodiments, pertinent information for various requests, responses, and status reports, is included in information elements. | 03-05-2009 |
20090232010 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CONNECTIVITY RECOVERY IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A wireless communication device and a method of operating an antenna training process to discover first and second communication paths between at least two stations, to rank according to a quality criterion transmitting and receiving modes of an antenna, to report best transmitting mode and best receiving mode for transmitting and receiving signals over said first and second communication paths and to establish a communication link on a selected communication path based on the quality of the transmitting mode and said receiving mode. | 09-17-2009 |
20090232035 | Beaconing and frame structure for directional antenna communications - In a wireless communications network containing network devices capable of both directional and omnidirectional communications, a network controller may arrange a series of superframes into groups of multiple consecutive superframes, in which only one superframe in each group contains an omnidirectional beacon, and the remainder of the superframes in the group contain only directional beacons. | 09-17-2009 |
20090232063 | Arrangements for association and re-association in a wireless network - A method is disclosed for associating network devices to a network. The method can include receiving a beacon from a source by an antenna array, allocating resources to beamform and beamforming after receiving at least a portion of the beacon. The beamforming can be accomplished prior to completion of an association request and prior to receipt of an acceptance signal in response to the association request. Accordingly directional transmissions can be utilized transmit at least part of an association request and to transmit an acceptance signal corresponding to the association request. | 09-17-2009 |
20090232106 | Beaconing and superframe structure for millimeter wave wireless technologies - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising communicating in a wireless network with a MAC layer that uses multi-level beacons, the multi-level beacons including a Discovery beacon (DB) which is transmitted in an omni mode and an announcement beacon/frame (AB) transmitted in a beamformed mode. | 09-17-2009 |
20090232124 | MULTI-RECEIVER FRAME AGGREGATION - When using a multi-receiver aggregation protocol in a wireless communications network, a sub-header may be used to identify groups of data units that share common parameters, such as destination addresses, acknowledgement modes, modulation/coding rates, lengths, etc. The layout of this sub-header may permit each receiving device to identify the portion of the aggregated payload that is addressed to that receiving device, where that portion is located, how long that portion is, and how to demodulate it. In addition, by controlling the selection and timing of various acknowledgement modes used by the mobile stations, a base station may improve overall network efficiency and throughput. | 09-17-2009 |
20090233554 | Mitigation of internetwork interference - When a device in one wireless network receives interfering transmissions from an overlapping neighboring network, the neighboring network may be notified of the interference so that non-interfering schedules can be worked out. In one embodiment, the device receiving the interference may broadcast its own communications schedule. Device(s) in the interfering network may pick up that schedule, and pass it on to their controller, which can rearrange its own network schedule to be non-interfering. In another embodiment, the device receiving the interference may notify its own network controller with the pertinent information, and that controller may contact the controller of the interfering network to coordinate non-interfering schedules. | 09-17-2009 |
20090233635 | Discovering neighbors in wireless personal area networks - A neighbor discovery protocol enables a network coordinator to provide time periods during which different classes of devices produce training sequences. The coordinator can transmit information about these time periods in a plurality of different directions so that in-range devices with directional antenna systems receive the communication. The coordinator can also compile interference reports during the neighbor discovery period and thereafter. These reports may be useful in determining whether or not spatial reuse is appropriate between two particular nodes in a given link, in a particular direction. | 09-17-2009 |
20090233636 | Link re-establishment in a wireless network - In a wireless network using directional communication links between devices in the network, when the network controller detects that one or more of the directional links is lost, it may use a beacon to schedule separate antenna training periods for the devices involved in the lost links. In some embodiments, all of the training periods may take place in the same superframe as the beacon. | 09-17-2009 |
20100074190 | Methods for multi-band wireless communication and bandwidth management - Embodiments of methods for multi-band wireless communication and bandwidth management are described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 03-25-2010 |
20100103885 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DAYNAMIC BANDWIDTH MANAGMENT - A wireless communication device, a wireless communication system and a method of transmitting by a piconet controller (PNC) a poll request frame using beamforming techniques to one or more devices, wherein the poll request frame includes a time offset for sending a poll response frame by the device. The PNC receives the poll response frame with a channel bandwidth allocation request and dynamically allocating a channel bandwidth to the one or more devices according to the channel bandwidth allocation request. | 04-29-2010 |
20100110951 | Techniques for device and piconet controller availability notification in wireless personal area and wireless local area networks - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising notifying of device and piconet controller (PNC) availability in wireless personal area network (WPAN) and/or wireless local area networks (WLAN) at the start of a superframe, wherein whether the PNC will stay awake or go to sleep during a part of the superframe depends on whether or not there are any services to provide in the WPAN and/or WLAN during a given period of time, and wherein the PNC shall stay awake if there are services to provide in the WPAN and/or WLAN to maintain network performance, otherwise the PNC will go to sleep to minimize its energy consumption. | 05-06-2010 |
20100128712 | Directional transmission techniques - Embodiments provide techniques for the transmission of broadcasts. For instance, an apparatus may include a sequence selection module, and multiple radiating elements. The sequence selection module selects sequences of directional transmission patterns, where each selected sequence corresponds to a time period. The multiple radiating elements wirelessly transmit a broadcast at the time periods in accordance with the selected sequences. The broadcast may include, for example, beacons, and/or a data broadcast, and/or a control broadcast and/or a management broadcast. | 05-27-2010 |
20100157952 | Dynamic CTA adjustment across superframes in a wireless network - In a wireless communications network, various embodiments of the invention provide a technique for requesting an extension or truncation of the previously assigned channel time allocation (CTA), and extending that extension or truncation across multiple superframes without having to make further requests. The request may be made by transmitting an Information Element (IE) that indicates how many superframes the request applies to. | 06-24-2010 |
20100254404 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT - A wireless communication device, a wireless communication system and a method of allocating a time slot during peer to peer communication over a millimeter wave wireless channel. The allocation of the time slot is done by truncating a channel time allocated time slot and releasing a truncated channel time allocation time slot for communication without a piconet network controller intervention and dynamically allocating a contention access period utilizing the released channel time of the allocated time. | 10-07-2010 |
20100329178 | Use of delayed clear-to-send and denial-to-send in directional wireless networks - For directional wireless communications, at least one new response to a Request-to-Send (RTS) message has been created to avoid a hidden-node problem that is particular to directional networks. In response to an RTS received during a NAV period, a Denial-to-Send (DTS) may be transmitted to indicate that the responding device cannot currently communicate further because its NAV is currently set, but it will be ready to communicate after expiration of the time period specified in the DTS. | 12-30-2010 |
20100331028 | Radio resource measurement techniques in directional wireless networks - Techniques for radio resource measurement (RRM) that support directionality, as well as scheduled media access techniques are described. For instance, a measurement request may be transmitted from a first device to a second device. This measurement request directs the second device to take one or more measurements of a wireless channel. Various characteristics for the one or more measurements may be included in the measurement request. For example, the measurement request may indicate at least one directional parameter and at least one timing parameter for the one or more measurements. In response to the request, the first device receives a measure report that includes measured values for each of the one or more measurements. | 12-30-2010 |
20110032912 | MAC PROTOCOL FOR MULTI-CHANNEL WIRELESS NETWORKS - A distributed coordination of a wireless network operating on different channels is provided by dispatching a device on each ‘home’ channel to regularly visit other ‘foreign’ channels to propagate and listen to broadcast information on these channels. The information in the broadcast packets transmitted on the home channel is relayed to the devices on the foreign channels by the dispatched device, as a ‘proxy device’ that operates on behalf of the other devices in the home channel. In a preferred embodiment, various aspects of this proxy process are optimized to reduce overhead and delays. Each channel is configured to distinguish home devices from foreign devices, to avoid contention between home and foreign devices. Acquired beacon slots on foreign channels are reserved to facilitate returning proxy devices. At the home channel, an anchor device alerts other devices of the proxy device's temporary absence and preserves the proxy device's beacon slot on the home channel. | 02-10-2011 |
20110038290 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF POWER MANAGEMENT IN A WIRELESS AREA NETWORK - Device, system, and method of power management. In some demonstrative embodiments, a device may include a wireless communication unit to transmit to a control point of a wireless area network an information request frame identifying at least one other wireless communication device in the wireless area network, wherein the wireless communication unit is to receive from the control point a response including wakeup information defining a wakeup schedule including at least one wakeup period of the other wireless communication device, and wherein, based on the wakeup information, the wireless communication unit is to transmit a wireless transmission directly to the other wireless communication device during the wakeup period. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-17-2011 |
20110053521 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRANSFERRING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SESSION BETWEEN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FREQUENCY BANDS - Some demonstrative embodiments include coordinating a session transfer timeout period between first and second multi-band wireless communication devices capable of communicating over at least first and second wireless communication frequency bands, wherein the session transfer timeout period corresponds to at least one communication session between the first and second wireless communication devices; and if the first wireless communication unit cannot communicate with the second wireless communication device over the first wireless communication frequency band for a time period of at least the session transfer timeout period, transferring the at least one communication session from the first wireless communication frequency band to the second wireless communication frequency band. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 03-03-2011 |
20110064033 | MILLIMETER-WAVE COMMUNICATION STATION AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING ASSOCIATION BEAMFORMING TRAINING WITH COLLISION AVOIDANCE - Embodiments of a millimeter-wave communication station and method for scheduling association beamforming training (A-BFT) with collision avoidance are generally described herein. In some embodiments an initiating station transmits a transmit sector-sweep frame in each of its antenna sectors and receives a reverse transmit sector-sweep frame from two or more unassociated responding stations. The initiating station transmits a sector-sweep feedback frame to each of the responding stations to indicate whether each responding station is to perform beamforming training in a current beacon interval or a subsequent beacon interval. The sector-sweep feedback frame may indicate an order in which the responding stations are to perform beamforming training in subsequent beacon intervals. | 03-17-2011 |
20110065394 | Traffic constraints in a mmWAVE wireless network - A network controller may schedule directional communications between two devices in its own network in such a way as to avoid potential interference from anticipated transmissions from another device. In some instances, the network controller may be one of the two devices using the directional communications. The timing of the anticipated transmissions may be determined by the network controller based on its own observations, or it may be informed of that timing in a transmission from a device in its own network. A possible format is given for transmitting that information to the network controller. | 03-17-2011 |
20110075642 | Configurable contention-based period in mmWave wireless systems - Embodiments of systems and methods for implementing a contention-based period with configurable parameters such as slot size, and minimum and maximum contention windows in a wireless network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 03-31-2011 |
20110080898 | MILLIMETER-WAVE COMMUNICATION STATION AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE-ACCESS BEAMFORMING IN A MILLIMETER-WAVE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Embodiments of a millimeter-wave communication station and method for multiple-access beamforming in a millimeter-wave network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, an initiating station performs multiple-access beamforming with one or more responding stations by announcing a number of sector-sweep (SS) slots of a beamforming training (BFT) period and a number of SS frames of each SS slot. One or more SS frames are received from one or more of the responding stations within one of the SS slots of the BFT period. The initiating station transmits one or more SS feedback frames to the responding stations within the one SS slot to indicate an antenna configuration to the responding stations for communication with the initiating station. The responding stations transmit a limited number of SS frames per SS slot based on the number of SS frames announced by the initiating station and transmit any additional SS frames in a next SS slot of the beamforming training period. Each SS frame contains an indication to the initiating station of an antenna configuration for communication with the responding station, | 04-07-2011 |
20110134852 | BSS/PBSS SUPPORT AND SCHEDULE-FREE NETWORKING IN 60GHZ - In accordance with various aspects of the disclosure, an apparatus is disclosed that includes a network coordinator module configured to coordinate operation in one or more wireless network architecture modes and configured to communicate to a network station an active mode of the one or more wireless network architecture modes that is active for communication; and a scheduler module that is configured to schedule communication to the network station. | 06-09-2011 |
20110143665 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE ACCESS FOR DIRECTIONAL WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method, system, apparatus and article are described for providing multiple access for directional wireless networks. A method may comprise, for example, establishing a distributed contention-based period (CBP) for a directional wireless network and transmitting information from a first device to a second device based on one or more distributed CBP rules, wherein the transmission comprises a directional transmission. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-16-2011 |
20110149798 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING USING CONFIGURED TRANSMISSION DIRECTIONALITY - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating using configured antenna directionality. For example, a wireless communication unit of a wireless communication device may detect another wireless communication device based on one or more beacons, to configure a directional wireless transmission scheme for communicating with the other wireless communication device based on the one or more beacons, and to establish a wireless communication link with the other wireless communication device using the directional wireless transmission scheme. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-23-2011 |
20110149842 | NATIVE MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL SUPPORT FOR BEAMFORMING - Apparatuses, systems, and methods that enable native MAC support of beamforming are contemplated. An embodiment may comprise a mobile computing device, such as a laptop, with wireless communications capabilities, such as an integrated wireless networking card. The networking card of the laptop may transmit and receive various types of frame data using one or more beamforming techniques. Upon establishing a link with another wireless device, the laptop may sense that the link quality is degrading. Instead of having to reestablish a new link using dedicated BF frames and the conventional BF protocol, embodiments described herein may instead transmit beamforming information in various types of frames which enable the wireless communication devices to adjust the beamforming parameters in a more efficient manner. For example, the devices may include beamforming information in control frames and data frames and transmit the frames in a sweeping sector fashion. | 06-23-2011 |
20110158110 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIBAND RATE SCALING - A system and method for multiband rate scaling for communication, particularly wireless communication. A band is used as a parameter for wireless communication performance when a wireless communication channel has a plurality of available bands for communication. A selected communication band may be switched to another available communication band, where the switching may be based on a desired performance determination. | 06-30-2011 |
20110199966 | CLUSTERING MANAGEMENT IN mmWAVE WIRELESS SYSTEMS - According to various embodiments, a method is disclosed that includes detecting if a first cluster capable PCP/AP is within range of a non-PCP/non-AP STA; and transmitting a message to a second cluster capable PCP/AP associated with the non-PCP/non-AP STA requesting that the second cluster capable PCP/AP start or continue the use of clustering in a basic service set (BSS) of the second cluster capable PCP/AP. | 08-18-2011 |
20110261684 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CONNECTIVITY RECOVERY IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A wireless communication device and a method of operating an antenna training process to discover first and second communication paths between at least two stations, to rank according to a quality criterion transmitting and receiving modes of an antenna, to report best transmitting mode and best receiving mode for transmitting and receiving signals over said first and second communication paths and to establish a communication link on a selected communication path based on the quality of the transmitting mode and said receiving mode. | 10-27-2011 |
20110261735 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR SWITCHING TRAFFIC STREAMS AMONG MULTIPLE BANDS - A multiband station, a system and a method of setting a traffic steam or a block acknowledgement with a second multiband station on a first frequency band and a first channel. The multiband station may send a request on a second channel and a second frequency by including a channel, a frequency band and medium access control (MAC) address information as part of the request and response exchange. | 10-27-2011 |
20110261755 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR FAST SESSION TRANSFER FOR MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Devices, systems and methods to provide session transfer between a pair of multiband stations by a fast session transfer (FST) setup protocol. The FST protocol or the method may include operating the session on a first frequency band and/or a first channel wherein the session includes or is described by state information kept or stored in a pair of stations that have an established direct physical link; setting an agreement to operate the session on a second frequency band and/or a second channel; establishing a direct physical link on a second frequency band and/or a second channel and transferring the session to the second frequency band and/or the second channel. | 10-27-2011 |
20110274054 | Link adaptation in directional wireless networks - Embodiments of techniques to perform link adaptation in directional wireless networks are presented herein. | 11-10-2011 |
20110305228 | BEACON TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUES IN DIRECTIONAL WIRELESS NETWORKS - Techniques for the generation of beacons are disclosed. For instance, embodiments may establish a delay time that is based at least on a directional beacon transmission characteristic of a wireless communications device. In turn, embodiments may determine whether a beacon transmission is received from a remote device during a time period. This time period begins at a start of a beacon interval in a distributed wireless communications network, and has a duration of the delay time. When a beacon transmission is not received from a remote device during the time period, one or more directional beacon transmissions may be sent upon completion of the time period. | 12-15-2011 |
20120009880 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION OVER A BEAMFORMED COMMUNICATION LINK - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of wireless communication over a beamformed communication link. For example, a device may include a wireless communication unit to establish at least one beamformed communication link for communication with at least one other wireless communication device, wherein the wireless communication unit is to measure a link maintenance time period corresponding to the beamformed communication link, and wherein the wireless communication unit is to attempt to restore the beamformed communication link upon expiration of the link maintenance time period. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 01-12-2012 |
20120079271 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS DEVICE AUTHENTICATION AND ASSOCIATION - Methods and devices controlling association and/or authentication of wireless devices. At a first wireless device which is unassociated and unauthenticated with a second device, a state variable representing the second device may be stored, where the variable indicates that the second device is unassociated and unauthenticated with the first device. A message may be received from the second device requesting to associate. The variable may be changed to indicate that the second device is associated and unauthenticated. A message may be received from the second device requesting to authenticate, and the state variable may be changed to indicate that the second device is authenticated. In some cases, a wireless device stores variable(s) representing a second device, the variables indicating that the second device is unassociated and unauthenticated, receives a message from the second device requesting authentication, and changes a state variable to indicate that the second device is authenticated. | 03-29-2012 |
20120082077 | APPARATUS AND METHODS OF TIME DOMAIN MULTIPLEXING SOLUTIONS FOR IN-DEVICE COEXISTENCE - Embodiments of systems and methods for time domain multiplexing solutions for in-device coexistence are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 04-05-2012 |
20120099582 | SPATIAL REUSE IN DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA SYSTEMS - In directional antennas, spatial reuse involves enabling two communications to occur on the same link at the same time. The communications may be in the same or opposite directions. If no link of sufficient bandwidth is available that does not already have an active communication, a link with an active communication of sufficient bandwidth is located. Then an antenna training sequence may be implemented. A check determines whether the antenna training sequence was successful. If there was interference during the antenna training sequence, then the spatial reuse is not permitted. Otherwise, spatial reuse may be permitted. | 04-26-2012 |
20120155443 | MILLIMETER-WAVE COMMUNICATION STATION AND METHODS FOR STATION AND INFORMATION DISCOVERY IN A MILLIMETER-WAVE BASIC SERVICE SET - Embodiments of a millimeter-wave communication station and methods for station and information discovery in a millimeter-wave (mmW) basic-service set (BSS) are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a station-capability information element (IE) may be transmitted to a central coordinator of the BSS during association to provide station-capability information to the central coordinator. An information-request action frame may be transmitted to either discover or request information about the one or more other mmW stations. An information-response action frame may be from the target station that includes the requested information. Accordingly, mmW devices of the BSS may be able to discover each other and exchange station-capability information so that devices can communicate directly. A simplified and unified frame-format scheme for both station and information discovery suitable for use in a mmW WPAN or in a mmW WLAN is thus provided. | 06-21-2012 |
20120163353 | REVERSE PROTOCOL FOR LOW LATENCY WIRELESS APPLICATIONS - Embodiments of a system and method for communicating according to an IEEE 802.11 standard or a WiGig specification. The method includes identifying a message that requires a response from another station in less than a threshold amount of time, and that the other station cannot likely respond to within a point coordination function (PCF) interframe sequence (PIFS). The message also includes setting a reverse direction (RD) response time field in a header of an MPDU corresponding to the message to a value indicating that a response from the other station is not required within a short interframe sequence (SIFS). | 06-28-2012 |
20120177013 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Devices, systems and methods to schedule a service period at a wireless network. A wireless network controller of the wireless network may set a start time of a service period. The start time is no less than a predefined time after transmitting by the wireless network controller an information element containing the service period scheduling information. | 07-12-2012 |
20120177016 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING WIRELESS NETWORK CONTROLLER - Devices, systems and methods of selecting a station of a wireless network to perform the role of the wireless network controller or control point. The station may receive a request to check the capabilities of the station in order to select the wireless network controller wherein the request includes sending station capabilities values. The station checks the station capabilities by comparing the station self capabilities values with the sending station capabilities values in descending capabilities priority order and if the station capability value is higher than the sending station capability value then the station may selects the station with the highest capability value as the wireless network controller. | 07-12-2012 |
20120182954 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR FAST SESSION TRANSFER FOR MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Devices, systems and methods to provide session transfer between a pair of multiband stations by a fast session transfer (FST) setup protocol. For example, a method may include transferring, by a first wireless communications device (STA | 07-19-2012 |
20120250670 | NATIVE MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL SUPPORT FOR BEAMFORMING - Apparatuses, systems, and methods that enable native MAC support of beamforming are contemplated. An embodiment may comprise a mobile computing device, such as a laptop, with wireless communications capabilities, such as an integrated wireless networking card. The networking card of the laptop may transmit and receive various types of frame data using one or more beamforming techniques. Upon establishing a link with another wireless device, the laptop may sense that the link quality is degrading. Instead of having to reestablish a new link using dedicated BF frames and the conventional BF protocol, embodiments described herein may instead transmit beamforming information in various types of frames which enable the wireless communication devices to adjust the beamforming parameters in a more efficient manner. For example, the devices may include beamforming information in control frames and data frames and transmit the frames in a sweeping sector fashion. | 10-04-2012 |
20120250672 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH MANAGMENT - A wireless communication device, a wireless communication system and a method of transmitting by a piconet controller (PNC) a poll request frame using beamforming techniques to one or more devices, wherein the poll request frame includes a time offset for sending a poll response frame by the device. The PNC receives the poll response frame with a channel bandwidth allocation request and dynamically allocating a channel bandwidth to the one or more devices according to the channel bandwidth allocation request. | 10-04-2012 |
20130017849 | MITIGATION OF INTERNETWORK INTERFERENCE - When a device in one wireless network receives interfering transmissions from an overlapping neighboring network, the neighboring network may be notified of the interference so that non-interfering schedules can be worked out. In one embodiment, the device receiving, the interference may broadcast its own communications schedule. Device(s) in the interfering network may pick up that schedule, and pass it on to their controller, which can rearrange its own network schedule to be non-interfering. In another embodiment, the device receiving the interference may notify its own network controller with the pertinent information, and that controller may contact the controller of the interfering network to coordinate non-interfering schedules. | 01-17-2013 |
20130021975 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION STATION AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING STATION-CAPABILITY INFORMATION - Embodiments of a wireless communication station and methods for communication station-capability information are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a first wireless communications station is configured to wirelessly communicate a station-capability information element (IE). The station-capability IE included in at least one item selected from a list of items consisting of an association between the first station and a second station, an information-request action frame, and an information-response action frame. | 01-24-2013 |
20130039217 | DIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUES - Embodiments provide techniques for the transmission of broadcasts. For instance, an apparatus may include a sequence selection module, and multiple radiating elements. The sequence selection module selects sequences of directional transmission patterns, where each selected sequence corresponds to a time period. The multiple radiating elements wirelessly transmit a broadcast at the time periods in accordance with the selected sequences. The broadcast may include, for example, beacons, and/or a data broadcast, and/or a control broadcast and/or a management broadcast. | 02-14-2013 |
20130039247 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF POWER MANAGEMENT IN A WIRELESS AREA NETWORK - Device, system, and method of power management. In some demonstrative embodiments, a device may include a wireless communication unit to transmit to a control point of a wireless area network an information request frame identifying at least one other wireless communication device in the wireless area network, wherein the wireless communication unit is to receive from the control point a response including wakeup information defining a wakeup schedule including at least one wakeup period of the other wireless communication device, and wherein, based on the wakeup information, the wireless communication unit is to transmit a wireless transmission directly to the other wireless communication device during the wakeup period. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-14-2013 |
20130148529 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIBAND RATE SCALING - A system and method for multiband rate scaling for communication, particularly wireless communication. A band is used as a parameter for wireless communication performance when a wireless communication channel has a plurality of available bands for communication. A selected communication band may be switched to another available communication band, where the switching may be based on a desired performance determination. | 06-13-2013 |
20130163496 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of wireless communication. For example, a wireless communication unit may include a Multi Media-Access-Control (MAC) Address Station-Management-Entity (MM-SME) managing a plurality of MAC entities having a respective plurality of MAC addresses. The wireless communication unit may transmit a frame including a Multi-MAC-Addresses-Element (MMAE), which includes two or more MAC addresses of the plurality of MAC addresses and a control field defining at least one common communication attribute to be applied to the two or more MAC addresses. | 06-27-2013 |
20130176939 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING AGGREGATE DATA UNITS - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating aggregate data units. For example, a device may include a wireless communication unit to communicate an aggregate data unit including a plurality of data units in an increasing order of sequence numbers assigned to the data units, such that a first data unit having a first sequence number always precedes a second data unit having a second sequence number, greater than the first sequence number. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176993 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING DURING A CONTENTION BASED ACCESS PERIOD - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating during a Contention-Based-Access-Period (CBAP). For example, a device may include a wireless communication station to transmit a wireless communication transmission over a wireless communication medium upon determining that the wireless communication medium is idle for a predefined time period within a contention-based-access period (CBAP), if a scheduling element allocating the CBAP includes an indication of an identity of the wireless communication station in a predefined field. | 07-11-2013 |
20130195121 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING UPPER-LAYER PROTOCOL INFORMATION - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating upper-layer protocol information. For example, a wireless communication unit to transmit a management frame, e.g., a Traffic Stream Establishment (TSE) frame, including an Upper-Layer-Identification (UPID) element including a control field indicating a protocol of a layer higher than a Media-Access-Control (MAC) layer. | 08-01-2013 |
20130252548 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISCOVERING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of wireless communication discovery. For example, a first wireless communication device may include a wireless communication unit to discover a second wireless communication device according to an asymmetric discovery process, in which the wireless communication unit is to operate in only one first state selected from a searching state and a listening state, while the second wireless communication device is to operate in only one second state selected from the searching state and the listening state. | 09-26-2013 |
20130273881 | MULTI-MODE DEVICE (MMD) MIDDLEWARE FOR CLOUD SPECTRUM SERVICES SPECTRUM ALLOCATION - A platform to facilitate transferring spectrum rights is provided that includes a database to ascertain information regarding available spectrum for use in wireless communications. The invention provides a middleware component usable in a mobile terminal device such as a multi-mode device, where the middleware component mediates between an application program and network interfaces and/or hardware to manage the interaction between the device and a cloud spectrum service. The middleware component coordinates scanning for available broadcast, multicast, and/or conditional access platforms, networks, and/or services, as well as maintaining connection with CSS network elements to enable flexible and optimal use of the spectrum and manages the resources among multiple radios and applications on the platform. | 10-17-2013 |
20130273933 | ON-DEMAND VACATE MECHANISM FOR CLOUD SPECTRUM SERVICES - A platform to facilitate transferring spectrum rights is provided that includes a database to ascertain information regarding available spectrum for use in wireless communications. The proposed apparatus and non-transitory machine-accessible medium defines the transactions required for release of the “rented” spectrum by clients which are using the spectrum when demanded by a primary spectrum holder to provide functionality for flexible and optimal use of spectrum on client devices. The apparatus and non-transitory machine-accessible medium coordinates scanning for available broadcast, multicast, and/or conditional access platforms, networks, and/or services, as well as maintaining connection with CSS network elements to enable flexible and optimal use of the spectrum and manages the resources among multiple radios and applications on the platform. | 10-17-2013 |
20130273952 | IMT AND NON-IMT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication apparatus associated with a system that uses two or more wireless standard in IMT and non-IMT bands. The invention is a wireless device with the ability to operate, transmit and/or receive, in one or more IMT bands and one or more non-IMT bands that are licensed to services and/or applications other than IMT. This is accomplished through inclusion in the wireless device of one or more radios operating in licensed IMT bands, an “IMT radio”, and one or more radios operating in licensed non-IMT bands, a “non-IMT radio”. A non-IMT radio could be a stand-alone, separate radio inside the wireless device or an extension or modification of the IMT radio in a way that it covers non-IMT bands. | 10-17-2013 |
20130273953 | OPERATOR AND THIRD PARTY CLOUD SPECTRUM SERVICES FOR EFFICIENT SPECTRUM USAGE - A cloud spectrum manager (CSM) for managing the sharing of spectrum among multiple operators in a distributed computing environment. The cloud spectrum manager comprises an allocation service component which applies a resource allocation policy to determine whether the requested spectrum from an operator may be allocated. The allocation of spectrum allows the operator to get spectrum from the CSM at wholesale prices and then the operator manages the rented spectrum with its associated client devices. The operator manages the rented spectrum, perform their own analytics & optimization and offer spectrum services to the clients. The demands on the CSM are alleviated since it can manage spectrum at whole sale quantities and leave the finer grain device to device management to the operator. | 10-17-2013 |
20130273958 | CLOUD-BASED SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT SERVICES - A platform to facilitate transferring spectrum use rights is provided that includes a database to ascertain information regarding available spectrum for use in wireless communications. A request for spectrum use from an entity needing spectrum may be matched with available spectrum. The Cloud Spectrum Services (CSS) process allows entities to access spectrum they would otherwise not have; it allows the end user to complete their download during congested periods while maintaining high service quality; and it allows the holder of rental spectrum to receive compensation for an otherwise idle asset. | 10-17-2013 |
20130275346 | INTELLIGENT SPECTRUM ALLOCATION BASED ON USER BEHAVIOR PATTERNS - A platform to facilitate transferring spectrum rights is provided that includes a database to ascertain information regarding available spectrum for use in wireless communications. A request for spectrum use from an entity needing spectrum may be matched with available spectrum. This matching comprises determining a pattern in user requests overtime to optimize spectrum allocation. The Cloud Spectrum Services (CSS) process allows entities to access spectrum they would otherwise not have; it allows the end user to complete their download during congested periods while maintaining high service quality; and it allows the holder of rental spectrum to receive compensation for an otherwise idle asset. | 10-17-2013 |
20130308543 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM OF COMMUNICATION OVER MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BANDS - Devices, systems and methods of communication over multiple wireless communication frequency bands. For example, a multiple frequency band (multi-Output Storage Memory band) wireless communication device may include at least two radios to communicate over at least two different frequency bands; and a common station management entity (SME) operably coupled to the at least two radios, and configured to manage parallel and simultaneous operation of the at least two radios. | 11-21-2013 |
20130308717 | MILLIMETER-WAVE TRANSCEIVER WITH COARSE AND FINE BEAMFORMING WITH INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION AND METHOD - Embodiments of millimeter-wave transceivers with coarse and fine beam steering with interference suppression are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a millimeter-wave transceiver configured for multipath reception of multicarrier signals and includes RF circuitry to receive multicarrier signals through at least two independently controllable sub-arrays from first and second directions, a channel-estimation block to generate a set of weighting coefficients for each sub-array based on channel characteristics determined from each sub-array, the weighting coefficients generated for inter-channel interference (ICI) suppression, and maximum-ratio combining (MRC) circuitry to apply a set of the weighting coefficients to baseband signals from each sub-array and to combine the weighted baseband signals from each sub-array to generate combined baseband signals that represent a single data stream. | 11-21-2013 |
20130314280 | MULTI-ELEMENT ANTENNA BEAM FORMING CONFIGURATIONS FOR MILLIMETER WAVE SYSTEMS - Multiple transmit antenna beam formers include/share a same set of power amplifiers and antenna elements to form multiple concurrent transmit antenna beams. Multiple receive antenna beam formers include/share a same set of antenna elements and low noise amplifiers to form multiple concurrent receive antenna beams. A transceiver includes the multiple transmit antenna beam formers and the multiple receive antenna beam formers, where the multiple transmit and receive beam formers include/share the same set of antenna elements. The transmit antenna beam formers and the receive antenna beam formers are configured to transmit, receive, and operate in the millimeter wave frequency band. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315118 | IMPLEMENTING AN INTER-PAL PASS-THROUGH - A system and method are provided that implement an inter-protocol adaptation layer (inter-PAL) pass-through processing scheme in wireless communicating devices operating with separate PALs to combine use of the individually-beneficial features of one PAL by allowing a first order capability for cross-talk between the PALs. A first PAL data packet is passed through the communicating system using a second PAL syntax. In so doing, a capacity to employ beneficial features of the second PAL advantageously in enhancement of the information in a data packet generated according to the first PAL is provided. | 11-28-2013 |
20130329712 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING DURING AN ASSOCIATION BEAMFORMING TRAINING (A-BFT) PERIOD - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating during an Association-Beamforming-Training (A-BFT). For example, a device may include a wireless communication unit to communicate a beacon frame during a beacon transmission interval (BTI), the beacon frame including a responder address field including a responder address representing one or more client devices, which are allowed to transmit during an A-BFT period following the BTI. | 12-12-2013 |
20130336248 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRANSFERRING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SESSION BETWEEN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FREQUENCY BANDS - Some demonstrative embodiments include coordinating a session transfer between first and second multi-band wireless communication devices capable of communicating over at least first and second wireless communication frequency bands, wherein at least one device uses the same medium access control (MAC) address in both the first and second wireless communication frequency bands. | 12-19-2013 |
20140030985 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRANSFERRING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SESSION BETWEEN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FREQUENCY BANDS - Some demonstrative embodiments include coordinating a session transfer between first and second multi-band wireless communication devices capable of communicating over at least first and second wireless communication frequency bands, wherein at least one device uses the same medium access control (MAC) address in both the first and second wireless corm frequency bands. An information element may be used to convey information between the devices to assist in the transfer. | 01-30-2014 |
20140036832 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRANSFERRING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SESSION BETWEEN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FREQUENCY BANDS - Some demonstrative embodiments include coordinating a session transfer between first and second multi-band wireless communication devices capable of communicating over at least first and second wireless communication frequency bands, wherein at least one device uses the same medium access control (MAC) address in both the first and second wireless communication frequency bands. An information element may be used to convey information between the devices to assist in the transfer. | 02-06-2014 |
20140126478 | MULTI-RECEIVER FRAME AGGREGATION - When using a multi-receiver aggregation protocol in a wireless communications network, a sub-header may be used to identify groups of data units that share common parameters, such as destination addresses, acknowledgement modes, modulation/coding rates, lengths, etc. The layout of this sub-header may permit each receiving device to identify the portion of the aggregated payload that is addressed to that receiving device, where that portion is located, how long that portion is, and how to demodulate it. In addition, by controlling the selection and timing of various acknowledgement modes used by the mobile stations, a base station may improve overall network efficiency and throughput. | 05-08-2014 |
20140126620 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF BEAM SELECTION FOR BEAMFORMED DIVERSITY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of beam selection for beamformed communication. For example, an apparatus may include a controller to control a plurality of antenna subarrays to form a plurality of directional beams for communicating a beamformed diversity wireless transmission over a plurality of selected directional links, which are selected based on at least one predefined selection metric. | 05-08-2014 |
20140141826 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTIPLE BAND SERVICE DISCOVERY - A system and method are provided for implementing unique multi-band service discovery protocols between communicating devices, including wireless communicating devices supporting operations according to multiple standards and in different frequency bands, particularly in peer-to-peer or ad hoc networking schemes. The disclosed systems and methods define within each service discovery frame, whether a service discovery query or a service discovery response, an indication of the frequency band and/or channel that may support a specific service indicated by the service discovery frame. Cooperating communicating devices between which communications are to be established supporting a specific service protocol are provided with a mechanism by which to identify which common frequency bands and/or channels the communicating devices may communicate in executing the specific service. | 05-22-2014 |
20140161105 | MILLIMETER-WAVE COMMUNICATION STATION AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE-ACCESS BEAMFORMING IN A MILLIMETER-WAVE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Embodiments of a millimeter-wave communication station and method for multiple-access beamforming in a millimeter-wave network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, an initiating station performs multiple-access beamforming with one or more responding stations by announcing a number of sector-sweep (SS) slots of a beamforming training (BFT) period and a number of SS frames of each SS slot. One or more SS frames are received from one or more of the responding stations within one of the SS slots of the BFT period. The initiating station transmits one or more SS feedback frames to the responding stations within the one SS slot to indicate an antenna configuration to the responding stations for communication with the initiating station. The responding stations transmit a limited number of SS frames per SS slot based on the number of SS frames announced by the initiating station and transmit any additional SS frames in a next SS slot of the beamforming training period. Each SS frame contains an indication to the initiating station of an antenna configuration for communication with the responding station, | 06-12-2014 |
20140169288 | BSS/PBSS SUPPORT AND SCHEDULE-FREE NETWORKING IN 60 GHz - In accordance with various aspects of the disclosure, an apparatus is disclosed that includes a network coordinator module configured to coordinate operation in one or more wireless network architecture modes and configured to communicate to a network station which mode of the one or more wireless network architecture modes is active for communication; and a scheduler module that is configured to schedule communication to the network station. | 06-19-2014 |
20140177543 | TECHNIQUES FOR VARIABLE CHANNEL BANDWIDTH SUPPORT - Techniques for supporting variable channel bandwidths in a wireless communications network are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and a communications management module, and the communications management module may be operable by the processor circuit to determine a channel bandwidth for communication over a channel of a wireless network, transmit a beamforming initiation message comprising a channel bandwidth parameter indicating the determined channel bandwidth, receive a beamforming initiation confirmation message confirming the channel bandwidth parameter, perform a beamforming training sequence to determine one or more beamforming parameters, and transmit one or more messages over the channel according to the determined channel bandwidth and the one or more beamforming parameters. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-26-2014 |
20140177612 | SCALABLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SERVICE DISCOVERY - Some embodiments described herein include apparatuses and methods to send a first message from a first wireless communication station during service discovery to discover a service supported by a second wireless communication station. The first wireless communication may also send a second message to the second wireless communication station if the first wireless communication station receives a response message from the second wireless communication station indicating that the service included in the first message is supported by the second wireless communication station. The second message may include more information about the service than the first message. The first message may be sent before a wireless connection is established between the first and second wireless communication stations. Other embodiments including additional apparatuses and methods are described. | 06-26-2014 |
20140177742 | MILLIMETER-WAVE LINE OF SIGHT MIMO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR INDOOR APPLICATIONS - A Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) communication system is described. The system may include a transmitting device having at least two transmitting antennae, each of the at least two transmitting antenna is configured to form and/or steer directional beam signals, and a receiving device having at least two receiving antennae. The transmitting device and the receiving device are configured and disposed such that illuminated spots at the receiving device produced by the beam signals of the transmitting antennae are smaller than spatial separation between neighboring receiving antennae and/or resolution spots from the receiving antenna are smaller than spatial separation between the transmitting antennae. | 06-26-2014 |
20140189172 | DISCOVERY MECHANISMS FOR UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) PROTOCOL ADAPTATION LAYER - A WiFi serial bus (WSB) attribute for use in Wi-Fi Alliance defined point-to-point (P2P) discovery mechanism includes a plurality of fields disposed in the frame. The WiFi serial bus attribute is arranged to provide information in the plurality of fields to support connectivity decisions for a USB device in a point-to-point network using a WSB protocol. The WSB attribute includes WSB architectural element information and information associated with a USB device behind a USB protocol adaptation layer (PAL). | 07-03-2014 |
20140192714 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM OF FRAME TUNNELING OPERATION OF MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BANDS DEVICE - Disclosed is a tunneling mechanism that enables frames generated by a MAC layer management entity (MLME) to be transmitted by another. By doing that, a pair of stations (STAs) can perform functions such as (re)association, authentication, and the like, without having to transmit frames over-the-air but, instead, use a different MLME for this purpose. This enables the station management entities (SMEs) of a pair of multi-band capable STAs to provide a seamless fast session transfer (FST), including the provisioning of multi-band (de)authentication and (re)association. | 07-10-2014 |
20140198805 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR EXTENSION FRAMES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Embodiments provide a frame extension to generate short frames with short medium access control (MAC) headers to facilitate transmissions for wireless communications devices. Many embodiments comprise MAC sublayer logic to build short frames. In some embodiments, the MAC sublayer may determine a short MAC header comprising a type field indicative of an extension frame; a subtype indicative of a short management, data, or control frame; and a frame extension indicative of a particular type of short management, data, or control frame. Some embodiments may store the short frames or short frame formats in memory, in logic, or in another manner that facilitates transmission of the short frames. Some embodiments may receive and detect communications with the short frames. Further embodiments may generate and transmit a communication with the short frames. | 07-17-2014 |
20140206406 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTABLISHING A WIRELESS BEAMFORMED LINK - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of establishing a wireless beamformed link. For example, an apparatus may include a wireless communication controller to control a first wireless communication device to communicate millimeter-wave (mmWave) signals with a second wireless communication device over a mmWave frequency band, the mmWave signals including signals transmitted according to a plurality of different transmit (Tx) beamforming settings, the wireless communication controller is to control the first wireless communication device to communicate feedback information, which is based on the mmWave signals, over a non-mmWave frequency band, and to control the first wireless communication device to establish with the second wireless communication device a beamformed link over the mmWave frequency band, the beamformed link using a Tx beamforming setting, which is determined based on the feedback information. | 07-24-2014 |
20140218236 | USE OF LOCATION INFORMATION IN MULTI-RADIO DEVICES FOR MMWAVE BEAMFORMING - A system and method are provided for using location services available from other radios in a multi-radio system to assist a beamforming mechanism, particularly in establishing and maintaining mmWave communication link. A majority of wireless client devices for use in a mmWave communication link are equipped with multiple radios. Many of the “other” radios include technologies that support location based services, including GPS, Wi-Fi and cellular communications. One or more non-mmWave in one device is used to provide relative location information regarding the other device with which the mmWave communication link is to be established. The relative location information is used to derive a direction for communication, and to compute beamforming parameters, in a limited set of transmit/receive sectors where the destination device is likely to be found, in order to streamline the beamforming process. | 08-07-2014 |
20140219291 | IMPLEMENTING A PROTOCOL ADAPTATION LAYER OVER AN INTERNET PROTOCOL - A system and method are provided that allow WiGig protocol adaptation layers (PALs) to operate differently from the proposed WiGig standard on top of an Internet protocol (IP) layer in order to enhance routing options for communication of the data traffic between a transmitting (source) device and a receiving (sink) device. A layering architecture is provided that allows WiGig PALs, such as WDE, to operate on top of an IP layer. A signaling mechanism is also provided that allows a negotiation, or at least an indication, of the underlying layering structure for specific data communications. Recognizing that the next generation wireless display requires technology such as WiGig WDE to support the driving demand for a cable replacement user experience and richer wireless display use cases, this PAL over IP architecture optimizes alignment of the WiGig data communication technology with other data communication technologies. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220993 | TWO-LEVEL OPTIMIZATION FOR CLOUD SPECTRUM SERVICES - A system and method are provided for implementing a cloud based spectrum management scheme that enables Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) through rentals of available spectrum in a two-level analytics process for optimization. Primary spectrum holders as exclusive licensees of underused spectrum communicate with a global spectrum broker to place portions of their underused spectrum into an auction-based rental market on the condition that they can regain control of their spectrum when a need arises. Local spectrum brokers communicate with the global spectrum broker to bid for available spectrum to meet their temporary needs in time and place. The local spectrum brokers, in turn, administer local optimization schemes over their portion of the global region to ensure that an expected level of quality of service is provided to individual customers with whom the local spectrum brokers communicate. The disclosed brokering scheme, properly administered, provides an incremental step-wise approach to solving long-term spectrum shortage for wireless communications. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220999 | CLOUD BASED SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT ANALYTICS - A system and method are provided for implementing a spectrum management analytics (SMA) algorithm that references a plurality of enumerated inputs to generate a set of output parameters for use in attempting to optimize spectrum. The SMA algorithm is a part of a cloud spectrum broker (CSB) analytic. The CSB analytic provides for: | 08-07-2014 |
20140233556 | IMPLEMENTING AN ASSISTED CROSS-PROTOCOL ADAPTATION LAYER/CROSS-LAYER CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION SCHEME - A system and method are provided to streamline at least a clock synchronization process for subsequent WiGig PALs once clocks in a first WiGig PAL transmitter and a corresponding first WiGig PAL receiver are synchronized. The unique layering structure of the WiGig 60 GHz standard affords an opportunity to streamline the clock synchronization process based on relationships between individual WiGig PALs, and that the WiGig PALs are directly on top of the WiGig MAC and PHY layers. A process for assisted cross-PAL/cross-layer clock synchronization affords significant reductions in an amount of time required to synchronize the clocks of multiple WiGig PALs based on leveraging an already synchronized clock pair in a first WiGig PAL transmitter/receiver pair to facilitate the clock synchronization of one or more subsequent WiGig PAL transmitter/receiver pairs. | 08-21-2014 |
20140244870 | IMPLEMENTING AN INTER-PROCESSOR COMMUNICATION IN A MULTI-CORE SYSTEM USING mmWAVE RADIOS - A system and method are provided that implement the use of mmWave directional communications to replace wired interconnects for inter-processor communication in multi-core computing systems. Using highly directional, low interference mmWave transmissions in the 60 GHz frequency range, an alternative interconnect scheme is provided to support inter-processor communication in multi-core computing systems for operations and testing. Wired interconnects between the multiple cores and a bus interface are replaced with cooperating mmWave transmitting/receiving devices on each of the core side and the bus interface side. The ability to transmit and receive separate high data rate, directional low interference signals for individual core communication is thus facilitated between the bus interface and each of the multiple cores in the multi-core computing system. | 08-28-2014 |
20140253295 | Techniques for Wirelessly Docking to a Device - Examples are disclosed for a mobile device to wirelessly dock to a device. In some examples, a mobile device may receive an indication to identify a device for wirelessly docking. The mobile device may gather identification for possible devices to wirelessly dock. A ranging technique may be implemented using a given frequency band to identify a device within a shortest distance from the mobile device from among the possible devices. The device having the shortest distance may be selected and a wireless dock may then be established. Other examples are described and claimed. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254469 | MILLIMETER-WAVE RELAY DEVICE WITH BOUNDED DELAY AND METHOD FOR RETRANSMISSION OF SYMBOLS - Embodiments of a wireless station to operate as a per-symbol relay device and method for retransmission of symbols between client devices and a master device using millimeter-wave links is generally disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the relay device may receive one or more of independent symbol streams from the master device. Each independent symbol stream may comprise packets that include groups of one or more symbols. Each group within a packet may be destined for a different one of the client devices. The relay device may separately decode each symbol or group of symbols to generate an independent stream of symbols for retransmission to the client devices using beamforming. The relay device may be arranged to receive, decode, and retransmit each symbol or group of symbols within a delay that is bounded by the number of symbols in the group. | 09-11-2014 |
20140256284 | IMPLEMENTING A DYNAMIC CLOUD SPECTRUM DATABASE AS A MECHANISM FOR CATALOGING AND CONTROLLING SPECTRUM AVAILABILITY - A system and method are provided for implementing a dynamic cloud spectrum database to codify and store information on, and track the use of, spectrum resources made available by primary spectrum holders in an effort to facilitate spectrum management for networks using spectrum allocated through a Dynamic Spectrum Access scheme that allows the primary spectrum holders, or proxies assigned to manage a given allocations of spectrum, to temporarily “rent” access to the spectrum they hold to other entities. Spectrum may be listed in the database defined by a common unit measurement system according to a defined metric for quantifying spectrum. A time-frequency unit or TFU is defined according to a unit of spectrum being available for a specified time, e.g., 1 MHz of spectrum being available for use for 1 second at a given location. Spectrum resources negotiated in the disclosed transactions are represented and/or transferred in multiples of TFU's. | 09-11-2014 |
20140269543 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER-PROTOCOL ADAPTATION LAYER PERFORMANCE COORDINATION - An approach is provided for coordinating protocol adaptation layer (PAL) performance. The approach involves causing, at least in part, a schedule request message to be sent from a first PAL to a second PAL. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a schedule response message to be sent from the second PAL to the first PAL. The approach further involves processing the schedule response message to cause, at least in part, a negotiated coordinated schedule between the first PAL and the second PAL. | 09-18-2014 |
20140292090 | IMPLEMENTING WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER WITH 60 GHZ MMWAVE COMMUNICATION - A system and method are provided to form multiple separate beamformed wireless communication links between a 60 GHz mmWave transmitter and a cooperating 60 GHz mmWave receiver, to transfer not only wireless data communication between the cooperating devices, but also to transmit usable wireless power between the cooperating devices. These systems and methods employ a technology for establishing multiple beamformed wireless communication links between cooperating 60 GHz mmWave communication devices to transfer wireless data communication between the cooperating devices, and separately to transmit usable wireless power between the cooperating devices over separate wireless directional beamformed links between the devices providing efficient and effective wireless power transmission between the devices based on the directionality of the beamformed links. Because 60 GHz mmWave transmissions are highly directional, with beamwidths on the order of 10-20 degrees, power loss based on wasted energy when compared to existing omnidirectional wireless power transmission systems is significantly reduced. | 10-02-2014 |
20140293870 | BEAMFORMING BASED ON INFORMATION FROM PLATFORM SENSORS - A system and method are provided for triggering re-beamforming in a 60 GHz communication link based on information collected from platform positional sensors associated with one or the other or both of the transmitters/receivers that constitute ends of the communication link. The disclosed systems and methods monitor various positional sensors that may be used to sense translational and rotational movement of at least one of the platforms on which at least one of the transmitters/receivers is mounted. Information provided by the positional sensors is processed to determine whether or not to trigger re-beamforming for link recovery in 60 GHz communication link. Information provided by the sensors may be used in combination with other link operating metrics, such as PER and RSSI, to make an intelligent determination whether to trigger re-beamforming. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294106 | IMPLEMENTING MIMO IN MMWAVE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A system and method are provided to increase data rates available in mmWave wireless communication systems by adapting a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) in a next generation mmWave wireless communication system. The system and method advantageously employ the characteristics of mmWave antenna arrays, including multiple antenna elements in each antenna array, to implement the MIMO scheme by establishing multiple beamformed communication links between a mmWave transmitter and receiver. An outgoing signal is divided into multiple signal elements to correspond to the multiple beamformed links and each of the multiple signal elements is transmitted by the transmitter across a different one of the multiple beamformed links to be reassembled at the receiver. An antenna element allocation scheme is incorporated to assign specific numbers and configurations of antenna elements at each of the transmitted and receiver to each of the multiple beamformed communication links. | 10-02-2014 |
20140315560 | DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF WIRELESS SPECTRUM FOR UTILIZATION BY WIRELESS OPERATOR NETWORKS - Certain embodiments herein are directed to determining an allocation of wireless spectrum, which may include one or more frequencies for communicating content, among operator networks that provide wireless (for example, cellular) services to their customers. Information associated with a supply of wireless spectrum and a demand for wireless spectrum may be analyzed to determine an allocation of the wireless spectrum. Various techniques may be used to determine the allocation, such as various types of auctions, mathematical or statistical techniques, and/or heuristic approaches that may consider various factors. Upon determining an allocation of the wireless spectrum, configuration information associated with the wireless spectrum may be determined and sent to one or more devices associated with respective operator networks, where the configuration information may be used to configure the operator network to utilize the allocated wireless spectrum. | 10-23-2014 |
20140328156 | SERVICE ACQUISITION TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - Improved service acquisition techniques for wireless communications systems are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit, a service acquisition application for execution by the processor circuit to select multiple services for attempted acquisition, and a service management module for execution by the processor circuit to attempt to acquire the multiple services according to a connection mode, the service management module to attempt to acquire the multiple services concurrently when the connection mode comprises a concurrent connection mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 11-06-2014 |
20140330927 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING AN APPLICATION SERVICE PLATFORM (ASP) SESSION - Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of managing an Application Service Platform (ASP) session. For example, an apparatus may include a first ASP to communicate with a second ASP via a wireless Peer-to-Peer (P2P) connection over a P2P link to manage an ASP-session between a first device including the first ASP and a second device including the second ASP. The first ASP may communicate with the second ASP a message to close the ASP-session, the message including a reason field including an indication of a reason for closing the ASP-session. | 11-06-2014 |
20140334464 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SETTING UP AN APPLICATION SERVICE PLATFORM (ASP) PEER TO PEER (P2P) GROUP - Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of setting up an Application Service Platform (ASP) Peer-to-Peer (P2P) persistent group. For example, an apparatus may include a first ASP to communicate with a second ASP to setup one or more ASP-P2P groups over a wireless communication link, the first ASP is to form each ASP-P2P group only as an ASP-P2P persistent group extendable over a plurality of distinct sessions, the first ASP is to store credentials of the ASP-P2P persistent group for use during the sessions. | 11-13-2014 |
20140341120 | WIRELESS STATION AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A MULTI-BAND SESSION IN WI-FI DIRECT SERVICES - Embodiments of a method for managing a multi-band Wi-Fi Direct Services session are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the method negotiates the session with a wireless communication station over a first frequency band. The negotiation includes transmitting application programming interface (API) parameters to the wireless communication station that includes parameters for a second frequency band and a channel associated with the second frequency band. | 11-20-2014 |
20140351444 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING SERVICE INTEROPERABILITY FUNCTIONALITY FOR WIFI DIRECT DEVICES CONNECTED TO A NETWORK VIA A WIRELESS ACCESS POINT - Certain embodiments herein are directed to enabling service interoperability functionality for wireless fidelity (WiFi) Direct devices connected to a network via a wireless access point. A WiFi Direct device may identify various other WiFi Direct devices on a WiFi network for performing a requested service, such as printing content or displaying content to a screen. In so doing, the device may share information associated with an access point to which the device is connected with the other devices, which may also share information associated with an access point to which they are connected. In this way, WiFi Direct devices may discover their connectivity with respect to other devices to utilize a broader array of connection options for implementing a desired service, and hence, may leverage application programming interface (API) modules directed at providing service interoperability functionality between software applications and services requested by the software applications. | 11-27-2014 |
20140364134 | RADIO RESOURCE MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES IN DIRECTIONAL WIRELESS NETWORKS - Techniques for radio resource measurement (RRM) that support directionality, as well as scheduled media access techniques are described. For instance, a measurement request may be transmitted from a first device to a second device. This measurement request directs the second device to take one or more measurements of a wireless channel. Various characteristics for the one or more measurements may be included in the measurement request. For example, the measurement request may indicate at least one directional parameter and at least one timing parameter for the one or more measurements. In response to the request, the first device receives a measure report that includes measured values for each of the one or more measurements. | 12-11-2014 |
20150052239 | CONTEXT BASED SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Generally, this disclosure provides systems, devices, methods and computer readable media for context based spectrum management. A device may include a user preference determination module to determine a level-of-service preference of a user of the device, the preference associated with an application. The device may also include a user state determination module, to determine a state of the user, and a device capability determination module, to determine capabilities of the device. The device may further include an application programming interface (API) to provide the context to a cloud-based server configured to manage spectrum. The context includes the preference, the state and the capabilities. The API is further configured to receive content delivery options from the cloud-based server. | 02-19-2015 |
20150055610 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING DURING A CONTENTION BASED ACCESS PERIOD - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating during a Contention-Based-Access-Period (CBAP). For example, a device may include a wireless communication station to transmit a wireless communication transmission over a wireless communication medium upon determining that the wireless communication medium is idle for a predefined time period within a contention-based-access period (CBAP), if a scheduling element allocating the CBAP includes an indication of an identity of the wireless communication station in a predefined field. | 02-26-2015 |
20150055615 | HANDSHAKING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OFDM SYSTEMS WITH UNKNOWN SUB-CHANNEL AVAILABILITY - A method and device for determining available communication sub-channels in an OFDM communication system is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of transmitting, on at least one first sub-channel, information regarding sub-channels available for a first transmission of at least one first data packet, receiving, on at least one second sub-channel, information regarding sub-channels available for a second transmission, determining at least one set of available sub-channels based on the information regarding the first and second transmissions. In one aspect of the invention, at least one set of the determined available sub-channels is further provided to a receiving system. The information is being provided in a separate transmission, or within a data packet, or within each subsequent data packet or in selected data packets. | 02-26-2015 |
20150071278 | CLUSTERING MANAGEMENT IN mmWAVE WIRELESS SYSTEMS - According to various embodiments, a method is disclosed that includes detecting if a first cluster capable PCP/AP is within range of a non-PCP/non-AP STA; and transmitting a message to a second cluster capable PCP/AP associated with the non-PCP/non-AP STA requesting that the second cluster capable PCP/AP start or continue the use of clustering in a basic service set (BSS) of the second cluster capable PCP/AP. | 03-12-2015 |
20150085746 | SELECTIVE UTILIZATION OF CONSUMER SHARED ACCESS POINTS TO FACILITATE OPTIMIZED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Certain embodiments herein relate to selective utilization of shared access points to facilitate optimized wireless communications. A wireless access point located at a home, residence, or other facility may be shared among other such access points to form a wireless network of shared access points across various regions or areas. One or more access points that provide an optimized wireless connection for user devices within range of the access points may be determined in certain embodiments herein. The determination may include comparing operational or performance information associated with the access points, such as link quality, quality of service, current load, backhaul connectivity information, etc., as well as pricing associated with the access points, to determine which one or more access points facilitate or provide optimized wireless communications between devices on a wireless network. | 03-26-2015 |
20150087323 | CLOUD BASED SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT - Certain embodiments herein are directed to managing wireless spectrum, which may include recommending or transmitting spectrum usage changes to one or more wireless devices. A spectrum management system comprising one or more computers may receive spectrum usage information associated with one or more wireless devices. The spectrum management system may generate a spectrum usage map based on the received information. Based on the spectrum usage map, a spectrum usage change is determined and transmitted to one or more wireless devices. The wireless devices may change their operation in accordance with the spectrum usage change. | 03-26-2015 |