Techniques enabling dynamic bandwidth reservation in a wireless personal area network
US8824422B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 21, 2008 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/10
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising dynamically reserving free channel time blocks for directional transmissions in a wireless personal area network (WPAN) by a transceiver communicating with a Coordinator and the Coordinator allocating a part or a whole of unreserved channel time blocks for a directional link during a handshake with the transceiver.
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