US 7,321,762 B2
Mechanism for reserving multiple channels of a single medium access control and physical layer
Maarten Hoeben, Amersfoort (Netherlands)
Assigned to Conexant Systems, Inc., Newport Beach, Calif. (US)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/766,409.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/457675, filed on Mar. 26, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2004/0242252 A1, Dec. 02, 2004
Int. Cl. H04M 1/725 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 455—412.2  [370/95.1; 455/426.1; 455/426.2; 455/452.2; 455/452.1; 455/510; 455/515] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a receiver for receiving a first message over a first shared-communications channel; and
a processor for: processing the first message, wherein processing said first message comprises:
a notification that said first shared-communications channel has been reserved, and
reserving the first shared-communications channel and a second shared-communications channel, wherein the reserving is defined by one or more values that define in time
(a) a first reservation offset time interval upon the conclusion of which a first signal is transmitted over a combination of the first shared-communications channel and the second shared-communications channel, and during which the first and second shared-communications channels are used; and
(b) a second reservation duration time interval during which a first shared-communications channel and the second shared-communications channel are reserved, and upon the conclusion of which the transmission of the first signal over the combination of said first shared- communications channel and said second shared-communications channel is ended, wherein said second time interval is after said first time interval.