Method and apparatus for assigning slot
US9473989B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 9, 2014 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 27, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for assigning a slot, including: constructing a HELLO packet, the packet including slot request information of a local node and/or slot request information of a neighbor node of the local node; and transmitting the packet, so that a node receiving the packet authenticates a reservation slot requested by a sender; wherein the slot request information of the local node includes an address of the local node and of a receiving node of a data packet to be transmitted and an index of the reservation slot requested by the local node; and the slot request information of the neighbor node includes an address of the neighbor node, an address of a receiving node of a data packet to be transmitted, an index of a reservation slot requested by the neighbor node, and confirmation information of the reservation slot requested by the neighbor node.
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