Patent attributes
A method of determining CCA (clear channel assessment) policy, applied in a communication system including multiple devices, is provided. The method includes the following steps: the devices broadcasting multiple policy indications, in which the devices include a coordinating device, multiple neighboring devices and multiple local client devices, the local client devices associate with the coordinating device to form a network, and the neighboring devices operate within at least one neighboring network; the coordinating device obtaining multiple neighboring policy indications from multiple neighboring frames transmitted by the neighboring devices; and the coordinating device determining whether to change a coordinating policy indication corresponding to the coordinating device according to the neighboring policy indications. A policy indication of a device indicates a policy among multiple CCA policies. The CCA policies include a first policy and a second policy, and the first policy is less sensitive to a sensed signal than the second policy.
