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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventor:
Rachel E. Learned, Waltham, MA (US);
Assignee:
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 28/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2013.01); H04L 1/00 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 28/18 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a radio network having a plurality of first users on channel (FUOCs) and one or more second users on channel (SUOCs), a method and apparatus for a SUOC to select a channel to co-occupy based in part upon the expected impact on the FUOC. The FUOC collects signal parameters associated with the FUOC, such as actual rate, bandwidth, received signal power, and noise power, and uses the signal parameters to calculate the expected impact. In some embodiments, the expected impact is proportional to the ratio of the FUOC's actual rate and the FUOC's possible code rate.