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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2015
Convida Wireless Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Zhuo Chen, Claymont, DE (US);
Hongkun Li, Malvern, PA (US);
Chonggang Wang, Princeton, NJ (US);
Qing Li, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Paul L. Russell, Jr., Pennington, NJ (US);
Tao Han, North Arlington, NJ (US);
Convida Wireless, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A system and method of using time reuse frame structures for improving multi-hop communications are disclosed. Namely, the system is networked and includes a superframe structure for multi-hop communication including tiers. The system also includes a computer-implemented device located in an initiator subframe of a first tier frame of the superframe. The device including a non-transitory memory including executable instructions for multi-hop communication and a processor operably coupled thereto for executing the multi-hop communication. The system also includes a second tier frame of the superframe including at least two hopper subframes. Each of the at least two hopper subframes including a contention access period and a contention free period.