InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[Gamco]

United States Patent 7,949,342
Cuffaro , et al. May 24, 2011

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Radio resource management in wireless local area networks


Abstract
A method for radio resource management (RRM) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) having an access point and a station begins by obtaining a first group of parameters from a current traffic channel. Measurements from all available channels are taken for a second group of parameters. The radio resources of the WLAN are autonomously managed by selectively invoking at least one RRM algorithm that uses at least one parameter. A RRM algorithm may be invoked based upon results produced by a previously executed RRM algorithm, whereby RRM algorithms may be continuously invoked such that the radio resources are autonomously managed.


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Inventors: Cuffaro; Angelo (Laval, CA), Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA), Cave; Christopher (Candiac, CA), Roy; Vincent (Montreal, CA)
Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)

Appl. No.: 10/951,124
Filed: September 27, 2004

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Related U.S. Patent Documents

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Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
60534853 Jan., 2004


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Current U.S. Class: 455/452.2 ; 455/452.1; 455/453; 455/63.1
Current International Class: H04W 72/00 (20090101); H04B 15/00 (20060101)
Field of Search: 455/418,453,63.1,422.1,452.2

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