Claims
- 1. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, comprising:
scanning in a transmission medium for the interfering signals; determining a period of the interfering signals; and altering a superframe period in the wireless network such that the superframe period is equal to the period of the interfering signals.
- 2. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, as recited in claim 1, further comprising altering a superframe position relative to an interfering signal position.
- 3. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, as recited in claim 2, wherein the step of altering a superframe position relative to an interfering signal position is performed such that no portion of the interfering signal interferes with any superframe beacon.
- 4. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, as recited in claim 2, wherein the step of altering a superframe position relative to an interfering signal position is performed such that a maximum amount of contiguous channel time that is not interfered with by the interfering signals is provided in each superframe
- 5. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, as recited in claim 1, wherein the periodic interfering signals are radar signals.
- 6. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, as recited in claim 1, further comprising assigning to a network coordinator all channel time in each superframe that is interfered with by the interfering signals.
- 7. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, as recited in claim 1, wherein the wireless network is an ultrawide bandwidth network.
- 8. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, comprising:
scanning in a transmission medium for the interfering signals; determining a period of the interfering signals; and altering a superframe period in the wireless network such that the superframe period is equal to n times the period of the interfering signals, where n is an integer greater than 0.
- 9. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, as recited in claim 8, further comprising:
altering a superframe position relative to an interfering signal position.
- 10. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, as recited in claim 9, wherein the step of altering a superframe position relative to an interfering signal position is performed such that no portion of the interfering signal interferes with any superframe beacon.
- 11. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, as recited in claim 9, wherein the step of altering a superframe position relative to an interfering signal position is performed such that a maximum amount of contiguous channel time that is not interfered with by the interfering signals is provided in each superframe
- 12. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, as recited in claim 8, wherein the periodic interfering signals are radar signals.
- 13. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, as recited in claim 8, further comprising assigning to a network coordinator all channel time in each superframe that is interfered with by the interfering signals.
- 14. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, as recited in claim 8, wherein the wireless network is an ultrawide bandwidth network.
- 15. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, comprising:
scanning in a transmission medium for the interfering signals; determining a period of the interfering signals; and altering a superframe period in the wireless network such that the superframe period is equal to 1/n times the period of the interfering signals, where n is an integer greater than 0.
- 16. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, as recited in claim 15, further comprising:
altering a superframe position relative to an interfering signal position.
- 17. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, as recited in claim 16, wherein the step of altering a superframe position relative to an interfering signal position is performed such that no portion of the interfering signal interferes with any superframe beacon.
- 18. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, as recited in claim 16, wherein the step of altering a superframe position relative to an interfering signal position is performed such that a maximum amount of contiguous channel time that is not interfered with by the interfering signals is provided in each superframe
- 19. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, as recited in claim 15, wherein the periodic interfering signals are radar signals.
- 20. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, as recited in claim 15, further comprising assigning to a network coordinator all channel time in each superframe that is interfered with by the interfering signals.
- 21. A method of accommodating periodic interfering signals in a wireless network, as recited in claim 15, wherein the wireless network is an ultrawide bandwidth network.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT DOCUMENTS
[0001] This application relies for priority on U.S. provisional application serial No. 60/393,185, by Knut T. Odman, filed Jul. 3, 2002, entitled “Method of Synchronizing Change of Network Critical Parameters,” and U.S. provisional application serial No. 60/393,186, by Knut T. Odman, filed Jul. 3, 2002, entitled “Method of Synchronizing Changes of Superframe Duration and Beacon Position,” the contents of both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
Provisional Applications (2)
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60393185 |
Jul 2002 |
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60393186 |
Jul 2002 |
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