Patent ID: 7149476
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. In a wireless network, a method comprising: measuring a first received signal strength in individual ones of a plurality of segments within at least one time slot of a first frame in an interval; measuring one or more additional received signal strengths in individual ones of a plurality of segments within corresponding time slots of one or more additional frames in the interval, wherein individual ones of the plurality of segments within a particular time slot of the first frame corresponds to respective ones of the plurality of segments of the corresponding time slots of the one or more additional frames; calculating an average received signal strength for individual segments of the at least one time slot by averaging individual ones of the measured first received signal strengths of the first frame with the corresponding measured second received signal strengths of the one or more additional frames; and estimating at least one interference level based at least in part on the average received signal strengths.