IP Library Granted Patent US 11,272,516
Granted Patent B2
US 11,272,516 · App. 16/651,971 · Granted Mar 8, 2022

Methods and apparatus to mitigate coexistence interference in a wireless network

Inventors: Yuval Elad (Petach-Tikva, IL); Daniel F. Bravo (Portland, OR); Shimon Solodkin (Beer Sheva, IL)
Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
H04W72/082H04W52/0238H04W52/143H04W52/367H04W72/0473
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Patent No.
US 11,272,516
App. No.
16/651,971
Granted
Mar 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatus to mitigate coexistence interference in a wireless network are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a station component interface to receive an expected transmission power from an access point; an index processor to determine a set of preferred resource unit (RU) indexes from a set of available RU indexes for at least one of (A) uplink transmission to the access point based on a comparison of allowable transmission power and the expected transmission power or (B) downlink reception based on a comparison of a noise floor to a noise threshold; and the station component interface to transmit a message including the preferred RU indexes to the access point.

Claims (41)

1. An apparatus to mitigate coexistence interference in a wireless network, the apparatus comprising:

a station component interface to receive an expected transmission power from an access point;

an index processor to determine a set of preferred resource unit (RU) indexes from a set of available RU indexes for at least one of (A) uplink transmission to the access point based on a comparison of allowable transmission power and the expected transmission power or (B) downlink reception based on a comparison of a noise floor to a noise threshold; and

the station component interface to transmit a message including the preferred RU indexes to the access point.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further including a station condition analyzer to determine at least one of (A) the allowable transmission power of each of the available RU indexes or (B) the noise floor of each of the available RU indexes.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the index processor is to determine the set of preferred RU indexes based on whether the allowable transmission power satisfies the expected transmission power.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , further including a station condition analyzer to determine if a bandwidth requirement for transmission is satisfied.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , further including a packet generator to, when the station condition analyzer determines that the bandwidth requirement is not satisfied, generate an updated message including an expanded bandwidth of the preferred RU indexes, the station component interface to transmit the updated message to the access point.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the index processor is to determine the set of preferred RU indexes from the set of available RU indexes for uplink transmission by, when the allowable transmission power is more than the expected transmission power, including an RU index in the set of preferred RU indexes for uplink transmission.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the index processor is to determine the set of preferred RU indexes from the set of available RU indexes for downlink reception by, when the noise floor is less than the noise threshold, including an RU index in the set of preferred RU indexes for downlink reception.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , further including a station condition analyzer to measure a data success rate corresponding to the preferred RU indexes for at least one of the uplink transmission or the downlink transmission, the index processor to:

when the data success rate is above a threshold, increase a range of the preferred RU indexes; and

when the data success rate is below the threshold, decrease the range of the preferred RU indexes.

9. A method to mitigate coexistence interference in a wireless network, the method comprising:

receiving, by executing an instruction using a processor, an expected transmission power from an access point;

determining, by executing an instruction using the processor, a set of preferred resource unit (RU) indexes from a set of available RU indexes for at least one of (A) uplink transmission to the access point based on a comparison of allowable transmission power and the expected transmission power or (B) downlink reception based on a comparison of a noise floor to a noise threshold; and

transmitting, by executing an instruction using the processor, a message including the preferred RU indexes to the access point.

10. The method of claim 9 , further including determining at least one of (A) the allowable transmission power of each of the available RU indexes or (B) the noise floor of each of the available RU indexes.

11. The method of claim 9 , further including determining the set of preferred RU indexes based on whether the allowable transmission power satisfies the expected transmission power.

12. The method of claim 9 , further including determining if a bandwidth requirement for transmission is satisfied.

13. The method of claim 12 , further including, when the bandwidth requirement is not satisfied, generating an updated message including an expanded bandwidth of the preferred RU indexes and transmitting the updated message to the access point.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the determining of the set of preferred RU indexes from the set of available RU indexes for uplink transmission includes, when the allowable transmission power is more than the expected transmission power, including an RU index in the set of preferred RU indexes for uplink transmission.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the determining of the set of preferred RU indexes from the set of available RU indexes for downlink reception includes, when the noise floor is less than the noise threshold, including an RU index in the set of preferred RU indexes for downlink reception.

16. The method of claim 9 , further including:

measuring a data success rate corresponding to the preferred RU indexes for at least one of the uplink transmission or the downlink transmission;

when the data success rate is above a threshold, increasing a range of the preferred RU indexes; and

when the data success rate is below the threshold, decreasing the range of the preferred RU indexes.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

receive an expected transmission power from an access point;

determine a set of preferred resource unit (RU) indexes from a set of available RU indexes for at least one of (A) uplink transmission to the access point based on a comparison of allowable transmission power and the expected transmission power or (B) downlink reception based on a comparison of a noise floor to a noise threshold; and

transmit a message including the preferred RU indexes to the access point.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions cause the machine to determine at least one of (A) the allowable transmission power of each of the available RU indexes or (B) the noise floor of each of the available RU indexes.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions cause the machine to determine the set of preferred RU indexes based on whether the allowable transmission power satisfies the expected transmission power.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions cause the machine to determine if a bandwidth requirement for transmission is satisfied.

21. The computer readable storage medium of claim 20 , wherein the instructions cause the machine to, when the bandwidth requirement is not satisfied, generate an updated message including an expanded bandwidth of the preferred RU indexes and transmit the updated message to the access point.

22. The computer readable storage mediums of claim 17 , wherein the instructions cause the machine to determine the set of preferred RU indexes from the set of available RU indexes for uplink transmission by, when the allowable transmission power is more than the expected transmission power, including an RU index in the set of preferred RU indexes for uplink transmission.

23. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions cause the machine to determine the set of preferred RU indexes from the set of available RU indexes for downlink reception by, when the noise floor is less than the noise threshold, including an RU index in the set of preferred RU indexes for downlink reception.

24. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions cause the machine to:

measure a data success rate corresponding to the preferred RU indexes for at least one of the uplink transmission or the downlink transmission;

when the data success rate is above a threshold, increase a range of the preferred RU indexes; and

when the data success rate is below the threshold, decrease the range of the preferred RU indexes.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2021
From: INTEL IP CORPORATION
To: INTEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056337/0609 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2020
From: ELAD, YUVAL; BRAVO, DANIEL F.; SOLODKIN, SHIMON
To: INTEL IP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052505/0122 →