US2008031193A1

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Title

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODS AND APPARATUS SUPPORTING DIFFERENT TYPES OF WIRELESS COMMUNCIATION APPROACHES

Application Number:

US20070621988

Publication Date:

07-02-2008

Current Assignee:

Family ID:

Application Date:

10-01-2007

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Publication Country:

US

Priority Date:

11-01-2006

Title

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODS AND APPARATUS SUPPORTING DIFFERENT TYPES OF WIRELESS COMMUNCIATION APPROACHES

Application Number:

US20070621988

Family ID:

Publication Country:

US

Publication Date:

07-02-2008

Application Date:

10-01-2007

Priority Date:

11-01-2006

Current Assignee:

Declaring Company:

Abstract  Abstract

A wireless terminal supports both peer to peer communications and access node based communications. The wireless terminal considers and evaluates communications link alternatives and selects between (i) communication using a peer to peer link and (ii) communications using a link with a base station serving as an access node. Received signals corresponding to each of the link alternatives are used in performing link quality determinations. In one example a received user beacon signal from a peer wireless terminal is the received signal used for the peer to peer link evaluation and a base station beacon signal is the received signal used for the access node link evaluation. A link is selected as a function of quality determination predicted data throughput link maintenance energy requirements and/or least cost routing determination information.

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