Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Joint scheduler for integrated Wi-Fi and LTE-U wireless access point
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Application No.: US15897351Application Date: 2018-02-15
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Publication No.: US10356627B2Publication Date: 2019-07-16
- Inventor: Ahmadreza Hedayat , Rajesh Pazhyannur
- Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC
- Main IPC: H04W16/14
- IPC: H04W16/14 ; H04L12/873 ; H04W72/12 ; H04W88/10 ; H04W84/12

Abstract:
An access point (AP) transmits Wi-Fi transmit frames according to a Wi-Fi protocol and Long-Term Evolution-Unlicensed (LTE-U) transmit frames according to an LTE-U protocol in a shared channel bandwidth that encompasses unlicensed channel bandwidth associated with the LTE-U protocol. The AP assigns a Wi-Fi access category to each Wi-Fi transmit frame and assigns to each LTE-U transmit frame an LTE-U access category. The AP schedules Wi-Fi and LTE-U transmit opportunities for the Wi-Fi transmit frames and the LTE-U transmit frames, respectively, in the shared channel bandwidth based on the Wi-Fi and LTE-U access categories. The scheduling includes, for each scheduled LTE-U transmit opportunity: constructing a Wi-Fi quiet message commanding Wi-Fi clients of the AP not to transmit in the shared channel bandwidth during the LTE-U transmit opportunity; and scheduling the Wi-Fi quiet message for transmission to the Wi-Fi clients.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180176791A1 Joint Scheduler for Integrated Wi-Fi and LTE-U Wireless Access Point Public/Granted day:2018-06-21
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