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Techniques enabling dynamic bandwidth reservation in a wireless personal area network

US8824422B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 21, 2008
Grant dateSep 2, 2014
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Expiry dateMay 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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