SPATIAL REUSE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
A method of wireless communication may include monitoring, by a first device, a medium for frames in response to preparing to transmit a first frame to a second device. The method may also include while monitoring the medium and before transmitting the first frame, obtaining a second frame transmitted by a third device in the medium and adjusting a transmission of the first frame to the second device in the medium based on obtaining the second frame.
1 . A device comprising:
hardware configured to reduce potential interference by adjusting a transmission protocol in view of an expected impact to an intended receiver of a transmission.
2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein to reduce potential interference, the hardware is configured to intercept a frame over a communication medium, the intended receiver being associated with the frame, wherein the potential interference is determined in view of the frame being sent to the intended receiver.
3 . The device of claim 1 , wherein to reduce potential interference, the hardware is configured to monitor for a response frame and, responsive to not identifying the response frame within a threshold amount of time, send a transmit frame to a particular device.
4 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the adjustment to the transmission protocol is for a particular transmission for one or more devices other than the intended receiver.
5 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the expected impact to the intended receiver includes a calculated path loss between a transmit device and the intended receiver of the transmission.
6 . The device of claim 5 , wherein the transmit device is the device comprising the hardware configured to reduce the potential interference.
7 . The device of claim 5 , wherein the transmission is sent by a secondary device that is not the transmit device and the transmit device and the intended receiver are not part of the same wireless network.
8 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting the transmission protocol includes delaying transmission of a frame.
9 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting the transmission protocol includes adjusting a power of transmission of a frame.
10 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting the transmission protocol includes adjusting a frequency segment of a medium used for transmission of a frame.
11 . A method of wireless communication, the method comprising:
reducing potential interference by adjusting a transmission protocol in view of an expected impact to an intended receiver of a transmission.
12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein to reduce potential interference, the method includes intercepting a frame over a communication medium, wherein the intended receiver is associated with the frame and the potential interference is determined in view of the frame being sent to the intended receiver.
13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein to reduce potential interference, the method includes monitoring for a response frame and, responsive to not identifying the response frame within a threshold amount of time, sending a transmit frame to a particular device.
14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the adjustment to the transmission protocol is for a particular transmission for one or more devices other than the intended receiver.
15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the expected impact to the intended receiver includes a calculated path loss between a transmit device and the intended receiver of the transmission.
16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the transmit device is configured to perform the method of claim 15 .
17 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the transmission is sent by a secondary device that is not the transmit device and the transmit device and the intended receiver are not part of the same wireless network.
18 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the adjusting the transmission protocol includes delaying transmission of a frame.
19 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the adjusting the transmission protocol includes adjusting a power of transmission of a frame.
20 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the adjusting the transmission protocol includes adjusting a frequency segment of a medium used for transmission of a frame.