Communication access apparatus, systems, and methods
View Patent ↗An apparatus and a system, as well as a method and article, may operate to reserve access for a source device included in a plurality N of source devices to N−1 logical channels accessible by a set of target devices included in the plurality of source devices by creating a static map, wherein N is a positive integer.
1. A method, including:
reserving access for a source device included in a plurality N of source devices to N−1 logical channels accessible by a set of target devices included in the plurality of source devices by creating a static map, wherein N is a positive integer; and
changing the static map responsive to an indication received from a target device included in the set of target devices.
2. The method of claim 1 , further including: storing at least a portion of the static map in a memory.
3. The method of claim 1 , further including:
sending a message having an indication of the N−1 logical channels from the source device to at least one of the target devices included in the set of target devices.
4. The method of claim 1 , further including:
designating the identity of the source device within the plurality of source devices using an arbitration scheme.
5. The method of claim 1 , further including:
setting a channel by a target device included in the set of target devices; and clearing the channel by the target device.
6. The method of claim 1 , further including:
requesting allocation of a channel from the source device by a target device included in the set of target devices; and
granting the allocation of the channel to the target device by the source device.
7. The method of claim 1 , further including:
booting the source device after the reserving.
8. An article including a machine-accessible medium having associated information, wherein the information, when accessed, results in a machine performing:
reserving access for a source device included in a plurality of N source devices to N−1 logical channels accessible by a set of target devices included in the plurality of source devices by creating a static map;
determining a need for a channel by a target device included in the set of target devices; and
setting the channel by the target device.
9. The article of claim 8 , wherein the machine-accessible medium further includes information, which when accessed by the machine, results in the machine performing:
storing the static map in a memory coupled to the source device.
10. The article of claim 8 , further including:
allowing the setting of the channel by the source device.
11. The article of claim 8 , further including:
disallowing the setting of the channel by the source device.
12. An apparatus, including:
a source device included in a plurality N of source devices having access to N−1 logical channels accessible by a set of target devices included in the plurality of source devices according to a static map; and
wherein the static map may be altered dynamically by a target device included in the set of target devices.
13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the static map further includes:
a channel map to map a subset of the N−1 logical channels to a set of channels accessible to a target device included in the set of target devices.
14. The apparatus of claim 12 , further including:
a memory to store the static map.
15. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the source device is selected from one of a personal digital assistant, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a cellular telephone, a device capable of communicating over a wireless local area network (WLAN), a software module, a hardware module, an applications subsystem, and a communications subsystem.
16. A system, including:
a plurality N of source devices having access to N−1 logical channels accessible by a set of target devices included in the plurality of source devices according to a static map; and
an omnidirectional antenna coupled to at least one of the plurality of source devices;
wherein the static map further includes a channel map to map a first subset of the N−1 logical channels to a set of channels accessible to a first target device included in the set of target devices.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the channel map is to map a second subset of the N−1 logical channels not including the first subset of logical channels to a set of channels accessible to a second target device included in the set of target devices.
18. The system of claim 16 , further including:
a transceiver included in at least one of the target devices; and
an energy conduit to couple at least one of the source devices to at least one of the target devices.
19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the energy conduit comprises a multi-drop link.
20. The system of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of source devices N are included in a single physical device.
21. An apparatus, including:
a source device included in a plurality N of source devices having access to N−1 logical channels accessible by a set of target devices included in the plurality of source devices according to a static map, wherein the static map further includes a channel map to map a subset of the N−1 logical channels to a set of channels accessible to a target device included in the set of target devices; and
a memory to store the static map, wherein the source device is selected from one of an applications subsystem and a communications subsystem.
22. The apparatus of claim 21 , further including:
a multi-drop link to couple the plurality N of source devices to the set of target devices.
23. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the plurality N of source devices are included in a single physical device.