Reservation based MAC protocol
US8320244B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 13, 2007 |
| Grant date | Nov 27, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/6448
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments describe scheduling communication in an ad hoc multihop network. Included is a reservation based Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol that has resources scheduled along the path from source to destination. Admission control is performed on a per-hop basis and a decision is made, in a distributed manner, if enough resources exist along the multihop path to admit a new communication.
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