Patent ID: 9240913
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: H04B,H04J,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: transmitting a first data frame, with a transmitter of a first device, along at least one of a plurality of subcarriers, the first data frame including information associated with one or more additional data frames pending transmission by the transmitter; receiving a second data frame, with a receiver of the first device, subsequently to the first data frame, the second data frame including information regarding any pending data frames enqueued to be sent to the receiver by one or more other devices; and dynamically selecting, by a processor of the first device, whether to transmit the one or more additional frames in half-duplex mode or in full-duplex mode based on the information included in the received second data frame, wherein the first device selects a subset of the plurality of subcarriers to transmit the additional frames when full-duplex mode is selected and the selected subset of the plurality of subcarriers do not overlap subcarriers used by the one or more other devices for transmitting, wherein the first device selects the entire plurality of subcarriers to transmit the additional frames when half-duplex mode is selected, and wherein the first device selects half-duplex mode in response to the information included in the received second data frame indicating that there are no pending data frames enqueued to be sent to the receiver of the first device by the one or more other devices.