Techniques enabling dynamic bandwidth reservation in a wireless personal area network
US9572157B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 3, 2013 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 3, 2033 |
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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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