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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2014
Magnolia Broadband Inc., Englewood, NJ (US);
Stuart S. Jeffery, Los Altos, CA (US);
Haim Harel, New York, NY (US);
Kenneth Kludt, San Jose, CA (US);
Magnolia Broadband Inc., Englewood, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of one AP accessing a channel occupied by a neighboring AP within CCA range, by acquiring channel knowledge via performing cooperative sounding and setting a null towards the neighboring AP, under certain conditions verifications, is provided herein. The method may include: transmitting and receive signals via a plurality of radio circuitries connected to plurality of antennas; monitoring signals received by the radio circuitries and generating a list of neighboring co-channel access points that each has plurality of antennas and are further located within a clear channel assessment (CCA) range of the access point; and instructing the radio circuitries to transmit a sounding sequence to the list of neighboring access points, and receive Channel State Information (CSI).