Patent ID: 8948085
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for wireless communication, comprising: selecting a shared channel for use as a first backhaul channel for a first point-to-point connection having a first time interval for transmitting first control information suitable for the first backhaul channel between a first wireless node and a second wireless node, the shared channel being selected based at least in part on an absence of a primary user on a set of shared channels, primary user information provided by a database, a signal metric of the shared channel, or a combination thereof; sending, from the first wireless node, the first control information via the first backhaul channel; determining a second backhaul channel established as a second point-to-point connection having a second time interval that is greater than the first time interval for transmitting second control information suitable for the second backhaul channel between the first wireless node and the second wireless node; and sending, from the first wireless node, the second control information via the second backhaul channel, the first control information and the second control information being used to coordinate transmission of the first wireless node and the second wireless node.