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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2016
Purelifi Limited, Edinburgh, GB;
Mostafa Afgani, Edinburgh, GB;
pureLiFi Limited, Edinburgh, GB;
Abstract
A collision avoidance method for a wireless network comprising a plurality of devices, the method comprises receiving, by a first device of the plurality of devices, a message from a second device of the plurality of devices, transmitting, by the first device, a busy signal in response to the receiving of at least part of the message from the second device, the transmitting of the busy signal being at least partly simultaneous with the receiving of the message, receiving, by at least one further device of the plurality of devices, the busy signal, and delaying, by the at least one further device and in response to the busy signal, transmission of at least one further message by the at least one further device.