Communicating in a network that includes a medium having varying transmission characteristics
US7729372B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 23, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jun 1, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B2203/5445
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and corresponding system for operating in a network in which stations communicate over a shared medium are presented. The shared medium has at least one varying channel characteristic that varies approximately periodically. The method includes providing repeated beacon transmissions from a coordinator station for coordinating transmissions among a plurality of the stations, wherein at least some beacon transmissions are synchronized to the varying channel characteristic; and transmitting from a first station to at least one receiving station during a time slot determined based on at least one of the beacon transmissions received by the first station from the coordinator station.
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