Apparatus and method adapted for directional bandwidth reservation with fixed announcement slot in wireless networks
US8897268B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 21, 2008 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 2, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W74/08
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a transceiver operable in a wireless personal area network, wherein the transceiver is configured to communicate with a coordinator and at least one receiver and wherein the transceiver and the coordinator use a directional reservation of free channel time blocks using contention-based slots, by selecting uniformly at random contention slots by the transceiver and transmitting a bandwidth reservation request message specifying the requested reservation period using directional transmission pointed towards the coordinator.
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