IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,362,976
Granted Patent B2
US 12,362,976 · App. 18/499,862 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Granular guard interval tuning

Inventors: Robert E. Barton (Richmond, CA); Matthew A. Silverman (Shaker Heights, OH); Jerome Henry (Pittsboro, NC); Pascal Thubert (Roquefort-les-Pins, FR)
Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
H04L27/2605
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Patent No.
US 12,362,976
App. No.
18/499,862
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Granular guard interval tuning may be provided. A delay profile for a plurality of sub-bands in a serving channel may be created. Then delay spread information from at least one calibration helper device for the plurality of sub-bands in the serving channel may be received. Next, a delay spread matrix based on the delay profile, the delay spread information, and a location of the calibration helper devices may be created. The delay spread matrix may then be used to determine optimal Guard Intervals (GIs).

Claims (34)

1. A method comprising:

creating, by a computing device, a delay profile for a plurality of sub-bands in a serving channel;

receiving delay spread information from at least one calibration helper device for the plurality of sub-bands in the serving channel;

creating a delay spread matrix based on the delay profile, the delay spread information, and a location of the calibration helper devices; and

using the delay spread matrix to determine optimal Guard Intervals (GIs).

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing the GIs to client devices.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein creating the delay profile for the plurality of sub-bands in the serving channel comprises performing an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) on each of the plurality of sub-bands.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one calibration helper device comprises a client device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one calibration helper device comprises an Access Point (AP).

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one calibration helper device comprises one of an autonomous vehicle and a drone.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is an Access Point (AP).

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising repeating the method periodically.

9. A system comprising:

a memory storage; and

a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to:

create a delay profile for a plurality of sub-bands in a serving channel;

receive delay spread information from at least one calibration helper device for the plurality of sub-bands in the serving channel;

create a delay spread matrix based on the delay profile, the delay spread information, and a location of the calibration helper devices; and

use the delay spread matrix to determine optimal Guard Intervals (GIs).

10. The system of claim 9 , further wherein the processing unit is further operative to provide the GIs to client devices.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processing unit being operative to create the delay profile for the plurality of sub-bands in the serving channel comprises the processing unit being operative to perform an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) on each of the plurality of sub-bands.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one calibration helper device comprises a client device.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one calibration helper device comprises an Access Point (AP).

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one calibration helper device comprises one of an autonomous vehicle and a drone.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a set of instructions which when executed perform a method executed by the set of instructions comprising:

creating, by a computing device, a delay profile for a plurality of sub-bands in a serving channel;

receiving delay spread information from at least one calibration helper device for the plurality of sub-bands in the serving channel;

creating a delay spread matrix based on the delay profile, the delay spread information, and a location of the calibration helper devices; and

using the delay spread matrix to determine optimal Guard Intervals (GIs).

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising providing the GIs to client devices.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein creating the delay profile for the plurality of sub-bands in the serving channel comprises performing an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) on each of the plurality of sub-bands.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the at least one calibration helper device comprises a client device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the at least one calibration helper device comprises an Access Point (AP).

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the at least one calibration helper device comprises one of an autonomous vehicle and a drone.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2023
From: BARTON, ROBERT E.; SILVERMAN, MATTHEW A.; HENRY, JEROME; THUBERT, PASCAL
To: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63502088 · May 13, 2023
Related Publication 20240380646A1 · Nov 14, 2024
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