Managing radar detection in wireless network that uses frequency-division duplexing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9713011-B2
Application number	US-201414473454-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 29, 2014
Priority date	Sep 4, 2013
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

An apparatus, configured to communicate with other apparatuses in a wireless network and operating in a frequency-division duplexing mode, can be caused to refrain from transmitting during a number of subframes of a frame of a downlink frequency band prior to a detection of a radar transmission, can be caused to send a first signal, related to monitoring for the radar transmission, to a second apparatus, and can be caused to change the number of the subframes of the frame of the downlink frequency band in response to an event that can be an increase or a decrease in a load of the apparatus or the detection of the radar transmission. Optionally, placement of the subframes within the frame of the downlink frequency band can correspond to placement of subframes that are designated for an uplink communication within a frame configured in accordance with the Long-Term Evolution Time-Division Duplex standard.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for managing radar detection in a wireless network, comprising:
causing a first apparatus, configured to communicate with other apparatuses in the wireless network on a channel operating in a frequency-division duplexing mode, to refrain from transmitting on the channel during a number of subframes of a frame of a downlink frequency band prior to a detection of a radar transmission on the channel;
causing the first apparatus to send a first signal related to monitoring the channel for the radar transmission to a second apparatus, the second apparatus configured to monitor the channel for the radar transmission during the number of the subframes of the frame of the downlink frequency band; and
causing the first apparatus to change the number of the subframes of the frame of the downlink frequency band during which to refrain from the transmitting in response to an event, wherein the event is one or more of:
a change in a load of the first apparatus, or
the detection of the radar transmission on the channel.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first apparatus is configured to perform a function of at least one of an Access Point, a Node B, an Evolved Node B, a radio network controller, a base station, a radio base station, a base station controller, a base transceiver station, a transceiver function, a radio transceiver, a radio router, a basic service set, an extended service set, a macro cell, a macro node, a Home eNB, a femto cell, a femto node, a pico node, a relay node, or a combination thereof.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a configuration of the first signal is in accordance with the Radio Resource Control protocol.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a placement of the subframes within the frame of the downlink frequency band corresponds to a placement of subframes that are designated for uplink communications within a frame configured in accordance with a first configuration of the Long-Term Evolution Time-Division Duplex standard, and wherein the causing the first apparatus to change the number of the subframes of the frame of the downlink frequency band comprises causing the first apparatus to change the placement of the subframes within the frame of the downlink frequency band to correspond to a placement of subframes that are designated for uplink communications within a frame configured in accordance with a second configuration of the Long-Term Evolution Time-Division Duplex standard.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising causing the first apparatus to determine an increase in the load of the first apparatus, wherein the event is the increase in the load and the causing the first apparatus to change the number of the subframes is causing the first apparatus to decrease the number of the subframes during which to refrain from the transmitting.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the causing the first apparatus to decrease the number of the subframes is causing the first apparatus to decrease the number of the subframes to zero.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising causing the first apparatus to determine a decrease in the load of the first apparatus, wherein the event is the decrease in the load and the causing the first apparatus to change the number of the subframes is causing the first apparatus to increase the number of the subframes during which to refrain from the transmitting.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising causing the first apparatus to receive a second signal from the second apparatus, the second signal related to the detection of the radar transmission, wherein the event is a receipt of the second signal.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the causing the first apparatus to change the number of the subframes is causing the first apparatus to increase the number of the subframes during which to refrain from the transmitting.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the causing the first apparatus to send the first signal to the second apparatus is in response to the number of the subframes being less than a threshold.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein a placement of the subframes within the frame of the downlink frequency band corresponds to a placement of subframes that are designated for a transmission in accordance with the Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service specification.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the second apparatus is at least one access terminal, and the first signal is configured to cause the at least one access terminal to monitor the channel for the radar transmission, or
the second apparatus is configured to perform a function of at least one of an Access Point, a Node B, an Evolved Node B, a radio network controller, a base station, a radio base station, a base station controller, a base transceiver station, a transceiver function, a radio transceiver, a radio router, a basic service set, an extended service set, a macro cell, a macro node, a Home eNB, a femto cell, a femto node, a pico node, a relay node, or a combination thereof, and the first signal is configured to request the second apparatus to send a second signal to the first apparatus in response to the second apparatus detecting the radar transmission.

13. A first apparatus for managing radar detection in a wireless network, comprising:
a transmitter configured to operate on a channel in a frequency-division duplexing mode, to refrain from transmitting on the channel during a number of subframes of a frame of a downlink frequency band prior to a detection of a radar transmission on the channel, and to send a first signal related to monitoring the channel for the radar transmission to a second apparatus, wherein the second apparatus is configured to monitor the channel for the radar transmission during the number of the subframes of the frame of the downlink frequency band, and wherein the first apparatus is configured to communicate with other apparatuses in the wireless network;
a circuit configured to change the number of the subframes of the frame of the downlink frequency band during which to refrain from the transmitting in response to an event, wherein the event is one or more of:
a change in a load of the first apparatus, or
the detection of the radar transmission on the channel.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising a switch configured to cause the transmitter to refrain from transmitting during the number of subframes of the frame of the downlink frequency band, wherein the switch comprises at least one of a relay, a semiconductor device, a microelectromechanical switch, or a combination thereof.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein a placement of the subframes within the frame of the downlink frequency band corresponds to a placement of subframes that are designated for uplink communications within a frame configured in accordance with a first configuration of the Long-Term Evolution Time-Division Duplex standard, and wherein the circuit, to change the number of the subframes, is configured to change the placement of the subframes within the frame of the downlink frequency band to correspond to a placement of subframes that are designated for uplink communications within a frame configured in accordance with a second configuration of the Long-Term Evolution Time-Division Duplex standard.

16. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the circuit is further configured to determine an increase in the load of the first apparatus, wherein the event is the increase in the load and the circuit, to change the number of the subframes, is configured to decrease the number of the subframes during which to refrain from

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Sadek Ahmed Kamel
• Yavuz Mehmet

Classifications

• H04K3/822

  by detecting the presence of a surveillance, interception or detection · CPC title

• H04K3/224

  with countermeasures at transmission and/or reception of the jammed signal, e.g. stopping operation of transmitter or receiver, nulling or enhancing transmitted power in direction of or at frequency of jammer · CPC title

• H04W84/045

  using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B · CPC title

• H04J1/16

  Monitoring arrangements {(for transmission in general H04B17/00; for amplifiers H03F1/52, H03F1/523)} · CPC title

• H04W74/00

  Wireless channel access · CPC title