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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
May. 22, 2008
Hrishikesh Gossain, Lake Mary, FL (US);
Michael S. Johnson, Orlando, FL (US);
Eric S. Reifsnider, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hrishikesh Gossain, Lake Mary, FL (US);
Michael S. Johnson, Orlando, FL (US);
Eric S. Reifsnider, Corvallis, OR (US);
Motorola Solutions, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of operation of a node for obtaining channel information in a wireless communication network is disclosed. The method includes receiving periodically, information related to channel assessment capability of plurality of nodes of the wireless communication network, maintaining a metric characterizing the channel assessment capability for each of the plurality of nodes based on the received channel assessment capability, selecting at least one node from the plurality of nodes by comparing the metric of each of the plurality of nodes, sending a request for channel information to the selected node and receiving channel information from the selected node.