Patent ID: 8576747
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining one or more quiet-period parameters of a first device, broadcasting the quiet-period parameters, receiving one or more other quiet-period parameters from a second device, setting at least one of the quiet-period parameters of the first device equal to at least one of the other quiet-period parameters when a sensing demand of the second device is greater than a sensing rate of the first device, repeating the broadcasting, receiving, and setting, and avoiding transmission from the first device during a quiet-period corresponding to the quiet-period parameters of the first device, wherein the sensing demand of the second device is based on one or more of the quiet-period parameters of the second device, and the sensing rate of the first device is based on one or more of the quiet-period parameters of the first device.