Granted Patent B2

US 8,570,983 · App. 11/799,838 · Granted Oct 29, 2013

Abstract

Claims (25)

1. A method for full duplex communications on a wireless link between two transceiver devices, the method comprising:

transmitting a first portion of outbound data to the other of the two transceiver devices on a first channel, while receiving a first portion of inbound data from the other of the two transceiver devices on a second channel, wherein the first and second channels are within the UNII band of frequencies, and detecting for the presence of a radiating source other than the inbound data on the second channel; and

transmitting a second portion of the outbound data to the other of the two transceiver devices on the second channel, while receiving a second portion of the inbound data from the other of the two transceiver devices on the first channel and detecting for the presence of a radiating source other than the inbound data on the first channel.

2. A method in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising estimating pathloss while receiving the first portion of inbound data and while receiving the second portion of inbound data.

3. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the first channel corresponds to a first set of frequencies in the UNII band of frequencies, and the second channel corresponds to a second set of frequencies in the UNII band of frequencies.

4. A method in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising: selecting the first channel; and performing a channel availability check on the selected first channel until an available first channel is determined.

5. A method in accordance with claim 4 , further comprising: selecting the second channel; and performing a channel availability check on the selected second channel until an available second channel is determined.

6. A method in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising switching from transmitting the first portion of outbound data to the other of the two transceiver devices on the first channel to transmitting the second portion of the outbound data to the other of the two transceiver devices on the second channel.

7. A method in accordance with 1 , wherein the switching occurs at a predetermined time.

8. A method in accordance with claim 6 , further comprising switching from receiving the first portion of inbound data from the other of the two transceiver devices on the second channel to receiving the second portion of the inbound data from the other of the two transceiver devices on the first channel.

9. A method in accordance with claim 8 , wherein the switching occurs at the predetermined time.

10. In a transceiver device, a method for full duplex communications on a wireless link to another transceiver device, the method comprising:

transmitting, with a transmitter, a first portion of outbound data to the other of the two transceiver devices on a first channel and receiving, with a receiver, a first portion of inbound data from the other of the two transceiver devices on a second channel, wherein the first and second channels are within the UNII band of frequencies, while detecting for the presence of a radiating source other than the inbound data on the second channel;

switching the transmitter and receiver to transmit a second portion of the outbound data to the other of the two transceiver devices on the second channel and receive a second portion of the inbound data from the other of the two transceiver devices on the first channel while detecting for the presence of a radiating source other than the inbound data on the first channel.

11. A method in accordance with claim 10 , further comprising estimating pathloss while receiving the first portion of inbound data and while receiving the second portion of inbound data.

12. A method in accordance with claim 10 , wherein the first channel corresponds to a first set of frequencies in the UNII band of frequencies, and the second channel corresponds to a second set of frequencies in the UNII band of frequencies.

13. A method in accordance with claim 10 , further comprising: selecting the first channel; and performing a channel availability check on the selected first channel until an available first channel is determined.

14. A method in accordance with claim 13 , further comprising: selecting the second channel; and performing a channel availability check on the selected second channel until an available second channel is determined.

15. A communication system comprising:

a first transceiver device configured for full duplex communications on a wireless link with a second transceiver device, each transceiver device further configured to:

transmit a first portion of outbound data to the other of the two transceiver devices on a first channel, while receiving a first portion of inbound data from the other of the two transceiver devices on a second channel, wherein the first and second channels are within the UNII band of frequencies, and detecting for the presence of a radiating source other than the inbound data on the second channel; and

transmit a second portion of the outbound data to the other of the two transceiver devices on the second channel, while receiving a second portion of the inbound data from the other of the two transceiver devices on the first channel and detecting for the presence of a radiating source other than the inbound data on the first channel.

16. A communication system in accordance with claim 15 , wherein each transceiver further includes a radar detector for detecting for the presence of the radiating source other than the inbound data.

17. A communication system in accordance with claim 15 , wherein each transceiver further includes a timer for setting a time to switch between transmitting on the first channel and transmitting on the second channel.

18. A communication system in accordance with claim 15 , further comprising a channel selector for selecting the first and second channels.

Assignments (9)