Method and apparatus for managing communication resources using an adaptive broadcast cycle (ABC)
US6317436A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 28, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 13, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for managing communication resources between nodes in a network, and more particularly to a dynamic distributed multi-channel time division multiple access (TDMA) slot assignment method is presented. The method and apparatus include a set of higher level heuristics that enable the wireless channel access scheme to address predetermined characteristics of the wireless channel access system. These predetermined heuristics include using bootstrap slots, adaptive broadcast cycles, channelized neighborhoods, standby slots, speculation slots, neighbor segregation, hard circuits, and soft circuits.
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