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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2012
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Shreeshankar R. Bodas, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Saurabh R. Tavildar, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Naga Bhushan, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, a computer program product, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus determines a degree of a link based on interference observed from at least one other link, determines a priority of the link based on the determined degree, and decides whether to yield based on the determined priority. The priority of the link may further be based on a determined data rate of the link. The apparatus may transmit the priority to another device via a request to send (RTS) signal and/or a clear to send (CTS) signal. The apparatus may also determine a priority associated with an active link and decide whether to yield to the active link by comparing the determined priority of the link with the priority of the active link.