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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2017
System and method for medium access control enabling both full-duplex and half-duplex communications
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Vaneet Aggarwal, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Rittwik Jana, Montville, NJ (US);
Christopher W. Rice, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Nemmara K. Shankaranarayanan, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for a modified MAC protocol which can facilitate communications with both full-duplex and half-duplex devices. A system configured according to the disclosed method can enable communications between an Access Point (AP) and a client in either full duplex or half duplex. The system can similarly enable peer-to-peer communications in both full duplex and half duplex communication modes.