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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Zhi Quan, San Jose, CA (US);
Simone Merlin, San Diego, CA (US);
Santosh Paul Abraham, San Diego, CA (US);
Sameer Vermani, San Diego, CA (US);
Hemanth Sampath, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices for narrowband channel selection in a wireless communications network are described herein. In one aspect, a wireless communications device includes a receiver, processor, and transmitter. The receiver is configured to wirelessly receive messages from a first device over a plurality of channels. The processor is configured to estimate a quality of each channel based on one message received from the first device over each channel, select for wireless communication a first channel of the plurality of channels based on the estimated quality of each channel, and prepare a selection message indicating selection of the first channel for wireless communication. The transmitter is configured to transmit the selection message to the first device.