Abstract:
A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DATA TRANSMISSION RATE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK, THE METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF PROVIDING INFORMATION OF THE INTERFERENCE MARGIN (30) TO A BASE STATION (12) BY EACH ACTIVE LINK, RECEIVING A BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION REQUEST (19) AT ONE NODE, MEASURING A CHANNEL QUALITY (20) FOR THE NODE, AND DETERMINING (21) A NEED TO ASSIGN A POWER LEVEL AND RATE BASED ON THE INFORMATION OF THE CHANNEL QUALITY (20) OF THE NODE AND THE INTERFERENCE MARGIN OBTAINED (30) FROM THE BASE STATION (12). MOST ILLUSTRATIVE DIAGRAM:
Abstract:
CAPACITY HAS BECOME OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE IN WIMAX MESH NETWORKS (WMN) DUE TO THE EVER INCREASING DEMAND FOR MULTIMEDIA SERVICES AND THE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING HIGH SPEED WIRELESS INTERNET. THE MAJOR FACTOR LIMITING CAPACITY IN SUCH SYSTEMS IS INTERFERENCE ORIGINATING FROM ADJACENT NODES, NAMELY CO-CHANNEL INTERFERENCE. THE PRESENT INVENTION IS GENERALLY AN ANALYSIS OF CO-CHANNEL INTERFERENCE FOR A SPECTRALLY EFFICIENT WMN CONFIGURATION. A NEW CHANNEL ALLOCATION ALGORITHM IS PROPOSED BY USING SMART ANTENNA SYSTEM TO ELIMINATE THE CO-CHANNEL INTERFERENCE. THIS ALGORITHM CONSIDERS THE NUMBER OF SUBCHANNELS IN THE OFDM SPECTRUM IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE SYSTEM CAPACITY. THE NEW ALGORITHM IS DESIGNED TO AVOID THE SAME SUBCHANNEL OF OFDM SPECTRUM TO BE ALLOCATED IN ADJACENT NODES. THE SYSTEM CAPACITY CAN BE INCREASED WHEN THE CO-CHANNEL INTERFERENCE IS REDUCED.
Abstract:
THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A BASE STATION (100) FOR USE IN A WIRELESS MESH NETWORK, WHEREBY THE PHYSICAL (PHY) LAYER (400) OF TWO WIRELESS NETWORK STANDARDS IS CONVERGED IN THE SAME LAYER.
Abstract:
THE PRESENT INVENTION DISCLOSES A METHOD AND SYSTEM OF COOPERATIVE DATA RELAY IN A WIRELESS MESH NETWORK. THE SYSTEM COMPRISES AT LEAST ONE MULTI-HOP RELAY BASE STATION (MR-BS) (100) AND A PLURALITY OF RELAY STATION (RS) (200) WHICH ARE CONFIGURED TO SUPPORT MESH CONNECTIONS. THE METHOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE PRESENT INVENTION PROVIDES CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE OPTIMAL DATA TRANSMISSION BY WAY OF COOPERATIVE RELAY BETWEEN THE RELAY STATIONS (RS) (200). DATA TRANSMISSION IS INITIATED UPON ESTABLISHED THE OPTIMIZED MULTIPLE PATHS WITH RESPECT TO THE RELAY STATIONS (RS) (200). THE DETERMINATION OF THE OPTIMIZED MULTIPLE PATHS IS BASED THE DETAILS OF RELAYS STATIONS (RS) (200) PROVIDED TO THE REFERENCE TABLE AND CENTRALIZED SCHEDULING AT THE MULTI-HOP RELAY STATION (MR-BS) (100). THE REFERENCE TABLE AND CENTRALIZED SCHEDULING INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITING TO, ALL DETAILS AND STATUS PERTAINING TO THE PLURALITY OF RELAY STATIONS (RS) (200) WITHIN THE NETWORK, NETWORK CONDITION AND TRAFFIC TYPE.
Abstract:
A METHOD (310) FOR INCREASING NETWORK CAPACITY FOR WIRELESS MESH NETWORK, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF INITIATING (320) A DATA TRANSMISSION REQUEST BETWEEN A SOURCE NODE (110) AND A DESTINATION NODE (130), IDENTIFYING (330) A MESH NODE (121) FROM A PLURALITY OF MESH NODES (120) WHICH IS CLOSEST TO THE SOURCE NODE (110) AND A TARGET NODE (129) WHICH IS CLOSEST TO THE DESTINATION NODE (130), ESTABLISHING (340) MULTIPLE PATHS FROM THE MESH NODE (121) TOWARDS THE TARGET NODE (129), SYNCHRONIZING (370) SUB-FRAME IN THE FRAME HEADER FOR TRANSFERRING PACKET DATA TO THE TARGET NODE (129), FRAGMENTING (380) THE PACKET DATA INTO SUB-PACKETS TO ASSIGN (390) AND ROUTE (400) THE SUB-PACKETS INTO THE MULTIPLE PATHS, AND AGGREGATING (410) THE SUB-PACKETS BASED ON SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNALS, ARRIVING AT THE TARGET NODE (129) THE MULTIPLE PATHS AT DIFFERENT TIME DELAY INTERVALS, INTO DATA TO BE SENT TO THE DESTINATION NODE (130).
Abstract:
THE CLOUD NETWORK ARCHITECTURE HAVING A MESH CONFIGURATION INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE OF CLOUD BASE STATION (BS) AND MASTER CLOUD ARBITRATOR (M-CA) (200) OR CELL SITE CLOUD ARBITRATOR (CS-CA) (300) AND BACKHAUL POINTS (BP) (400). THE CLOUD BASE STATION (BS AND M-CA/CS-CA) EMPLOYS AN INTELLIGENT DECISION ENGINE FOR CALCULATING THE MOST EFFICIENT ROUTE AND ASSIGNING THE BEST POSSIBLE RESOURCES AVAILABLE. THE CLOUD NETWORK OF THE PRESENT INVENTION COMPRISES OF BACKHAUL POINTS (400) TO PROVIDE A SCALABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNICATION LINK WHILE MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS) TO THE NEIGHBORING M-CA/CS-CA/BP (200, 300, 400). THE BACKHAUL POINTS (400) OF THE PRESENT INVENTION ALSO USES SENSORS (212, 312, 408) TO SEND DATA TO CLOUD BASE STATIONS FOR DECISION-MAKING. THE MOST ILLUSTRATIVE DRAWING IS
Abstract:
THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION AMONG A PLURALITY OF BASE STATIONS (BSS) 10 AND 12 FOR SENDING DATA PACKETS TO SUBSCRIBER SERVER (SS) 30 THROUGH A PLURALITY OF RELAY STATIONS (RSS) 20, 22, 24, AND 26. THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A METHOD OF MAKING THE PLURALITY OF BASE STATIONS COOPERATE WITH EACH OTHER BY EXCHANGING INFORMATION ABOUT THE CURRENT UTILIZED RELAY STATIONS. THE SERVING BASE STATION UPDATES THE NEIGHBORING BASE STATIONS WITH THIS INFORMATION, THUS THIS COOPERATION IS ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THE USAGE OF THE FREE RELAY STATIONS. THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A METHOD TO REALLOCATE THE SOURCES (RELAY STATIONS) IN A MORE EFFICIENT MANNER, MEANS SUBSCRIBER STATION WITH HIGHER NEED IS BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE FREE RELAY STATIONS TO FORWARD ITS SIGNAL COMING FROM THE SERVING BASE STATION. MOST ILLUSTRATIVE
Abstract:
A method for controlling data transmission rate in a wireless network, the method comprising the steps of providing information of the interference margin (30) to a base station (12) by each active link, receiving a bandwidth allocation request (19) at one node, measuring a channel quality (20) for the node, and determining (21) a need to assign a power level and rate based on the information of the channel quality (20) of the node and the interference margin obtained (30) from the base station (12).
Abstract:
In a specific embodiment, our method of communicating a message between a transmitting station and a receiving station may be outlined as employing a hybrid automated retransmission request (HARQ) protocol in a multihop relay network. Our method includes the steps of, upon detecting transmission errors, obtaining a signal-to- interference and noise ratio (SINR) measurement at the physical layer (PHY) of the data transport framework from a forwarding Relay Station (RS2) by a Mobile Station wherein the estimates of the mean or standard deviation of the SINR measurement may be derived and updated. The derived values to be compared against a Bit Error Rate (BER) value as a channel quality threshold parameter, wherein channel quality is deemed good if the error function value is at least a BER threshold and normal HARQ encoding follows. Channel quality is deemed bad if the error function value is less than the BER threshold. Channel quality information is reported via at least one of a Channel Quality Information Channel (CQICH) or channel measure report response (REP-RSP) messaging. Transmission power control information is then encoded into a hybrid automated retransmission request (HARQ+) then transmitted.