Method for adjusting time slots in a communication network
US8638821B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 18, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/407
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communication network includes a plurality of communication nodes, each node arranged for communicating frames of data with the other nodes during a dynamic segment having dynamic communication slots with respective communication slot numbers. Each of the plurality of communication nodes includes a time base having consecutive timeslots, associated with the dynamic communication slots; a communication slot number controller, for adjusting a communication slot number, a minislot counter for counting minislots while the adjusting of the communication slot counter is suspended and a control unit for controlling the communication slot number controller to either continue adjusting of the slot number if the determined duration of the reception is above a certain threshold or to continue adjusting of the slot number using the value obtained with the minislot counter if the determined duration of the reception is below a certain threshold.
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