Network communication systems and methods
US8730863B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 9, 2008 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Distributing a message in a network may include transmitting, via a contention-free access channel, the message from an originating node to a first set of nodes neighboring the originating node, and designating a subset of the first set of nodes as relay nodes. A first one of the relay nodes may then relay, via the contention-free access channel, the message to a second set of nodes neighboring the first relay node.
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