Patent ID: 9730234
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. An apparatus for managing communication in accordance with a second Radio Access Technology (RAT) on a channel shared with a first RAT, comprising: a first transceiver configured to monitor the shared channel for downlink transmissions associated with the first RAT and uplink transmissions associated with the first RAT; a node identification analyzer configured to identify a first set of node identifiers (NIDs) associated with the downlink transmissions on the shared channel and a second set of NIDs associated with the uplink transmissions on the shared channel; a hidden node detector configured to: an operating channel selector configured to select the shared channel as an operating channel for operation in accordance with the second RAT based on a determination by the hidden node detector that there is no hidden node operating on the shared channel; and a second transceiver configured to operate on the selected operating channel in accordance with the second RAT.