Method and apparatus for medium reservation and medium reservation modification in a communication system
US8102871B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 9, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W74/06
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a network environment, a wireless medium is reserved for transmissions. Medium reservation modifications can be requested and granted wherein a master device allocates a medium using reservations that are observed by other devices sharing the medium and a slave device complies with reservations by holding data for transmission until its reservation in time arrives by determining a reserved length of an upcoming transmitting opportunity reserved for a slave device, determining a desired length for transmitting data from the slave device over the medium, comparing the reserved length and the desired length to determine if a medium reservation modification is warranted, if the medium reservation modification is warranted, requesting, during the reserved time covered by the medium reservation, the medium reservation modification, and determining whether to grant or deny the medium reservation modification and conveying the determination to the slave device.
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