Managing contention-free time allocations in a network
US7822059B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 23, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 26, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B2203/5408
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and corresponding system for communicating between stations in a network are presented. The method includes providing repeated beacon transmissions from a coordinator station for coordinating transmissions among a plurality of the stations; transmitting from a first station to a second station during a time slot assigned to the first station by at least one of the beacon transmissions; and transmitting from the first station information that grants permission to the second station to transmit during at least a portion of a time slot assigned to the first station.
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