Method for detecting hidden station in a wireless communication network and system therefor
US8054851B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 16, 2007 |
| Grant date | Nov 8, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for detecting a hidden station in a specific station constituting a wireless communication network that includes receiving a frame after a lapse of an idle state interval longer than a predetermined waiting time; determining that there is a hidden station, if a size of the received frame is equal to a size of an Acknowledge (ACK) frame; and determining that there is no hidden station, if the size of the received frame is not equal to the size of the ACK frame.
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