Shared medium communication system
US7506049B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 12, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 17, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 12, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/827
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a shared medium communication system, a common measure for avoiding collisions of application data is a request grant mechanism. Secondary stations contending for upstream bandwidth send requests on a shared medium, wherein each request is answered by a grant from the primary station. The efficiency of such a system may be improved if at least two access requests are merged into a multi request.
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