Title:
The method for evaluating the quality of a wireless transfer channel, and the residential gateway which uses the method
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6193583
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A method for assessing quality of a transmission channel in a wireless network comprises the steps of
a) a first station (1) transmitting a first unicast message (RESPONSE 1) to a second station (2a) by said transmission channel;
b) if no acknowledgement (ACK) of the first unicast message (RESPONSE 1) is received from the second station (2a), the first station (1) transmitting a further unicast message (RESPONSE 2,RESPONSE 3, ...) at a higher power level, and
c) if an acknowledgment (ACK) of the first or any further unicast message (RESPONSE 1, RESPONSE 2,RESPONSE 3, ...) is received from the second station (2a), assessing the quality of the transmission channel based on the power level or the number of transmissions that were needed to trigger the acknowledgment (ACK).
Inventors:
Backpack bell porten
Application Number:
JP2013032257A
Publication Date:
September 06, 2017
Filing Date:
February 21, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing
International Classes:
H04W72/08; H04W28/04; H04W52/48; H04W84/12
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2008035174A | ||||
| JP2010178068A |
Foreign References:
| US20040059825 | ||||
| US20060135066 | ||||
| WO2010067773A1 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshiyuki Inaba
Toshifumi Onuki
Akihiko Eguchi
Kazuhiko Naito
Toyotaka Abe
Toshifumi Onuki
Akihiko Eguchi
Kazuhiko Naito
Toyotaka Abe