Patent ID: 9667405
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: determining that one or more full-duplex activation conditions are satisfied based on data describing a second communication device; responsive to determining that the one or more full-duplex activation conditions are satisfied, switching, by a processor, a half-duplex operation mode of a first communication device to a full-duplex operation mode to activate the full-duplex operation mode of the first communication device; transmitting, in the full-duplex operation mode of the first communication device, a first portion of first data from the first communication device to the second communication device using a wireless channel; and transmitting, in the full-duplex operation mode of the first communication device, a remaining portion of the first data to the second communication device while simultaneously receiving second data from the second communication device using the wireless channel, wherein the first communication device and the second communication device use the wireless channel at a same time and the second data is identifiable by the first communication device.