Sensor network medium access control (MAC) system for multihop communication
US8724557B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 10, 2009 |
| Grant date | May 13, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W74/02
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A medium access control (MAC) technique of a multihop sensor network. In the multihop sensor network, the MAC technique may contribute to significantly reducing transmission delay, and allow real-time services to be provided to all nodes by extending a guaranteed time slot (GTS) restricted to one hop in a personal area network (PAN) coordinator (PNC) to all nodes. Furthermore, the MAC technique may allow the number of available GTSs to be significantly increased, by using all 16 frequency band channels instead of using only a single frequency band and setting a multi-superframe.
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