Adaptive hybrid method for access to a transmission channel
US6697855B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 8, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W74/002
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention concerns a method for access to a transmission channel shared between several stations, characterised in that it includes iteratively:an operation (302) of estimating requirements of each of the stations for access to the transmission channel,an operation of determining groups (303 and 307) of stations taking into account the estimated access requirements of the stations, at least one of the groups of stations being said to be “collective”,an operation of allocating (308), to each of the groups, access rights each corresponding to an interval of time during which the stations which do not form part of the group are not authorised to access the transmission channel, and during which, if the group is collective, each station which it includes gains access to the transmission channel according to a contention method.
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