Patent ID: 9521680
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method operational in a first receiver device adapted to perform successive interference cancellation (SIC) in an ad hoc peer-to-peer network, the first receiver device being the intended receiver of a first traffic signal to be transmitted from a first transmitter device, comprising: wirelessly receiving a first pilot signal from the first transmitter device via the ad hoc peer-to-peer network; wirelessly receiving a second pilot signal from a second transmitter device via the ad hoc peer-to-peer network, the second pilot signal indicating that the second transmitter device intends to transmit a second traffic signal that will interfere with the first traffic signal; determining a first transmission rate as a function of a received signal strength of the second pilot signal; determining a second transmission rate as a function of received signal strengths of the first and second pilot signals; determining a third transmission rate as a function of the received signal strength of the first pilot signal; and wirelessly sending a control message to the first transmitter device via the ad hoc peer-to-peer network, the control message including data rate information indicative of the first, second, and third transmission rates; wherein the ad hoc peer-to-peer network provides a direct link between the first transmitter device and the first receiver device while avoiding an access point or base station.