Medium access control (MAC) protocol with seamless polling/contention modes
US7024469B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 28, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 3, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W74/06
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A high speed wireless network for the access market where a polling mode, a contention mode, a seamless transition between the two modes and an efficient contention resolution algorithm are utilized to coordinate user transmission while utilizing a splitting tree algorithm to avoid collision of a number of users.
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