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Gateway apparatus, node apparatus, communication system, control method and computer readable medium

US8908660B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 12, 2012
Grant dateDec 9, 2014
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W72/541
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A gateway apparatus that connects a multi-hop network of tree structure formed of node apparatuses to other network, comprising a grouping unit that groups, for each representative node apparatus having a direct link to the gateway apparatus in the tree structure, the nodes belonging to a subtree having same representative node as a root, into a node group, an interference group specifying unit that specifies a node group in which packet communication in the node group is subjected to an interference of a degree exceeding a threshold as an interference group, and a slot allocation unit that allocates some one time slot among a plurality of time slots included in a frame to one interference group among a plurality of interference groups, and allocates another time slot among the plurality of time slots to another interference group among the plurality of interference groups.

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