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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Inventor:
Yichao Jin, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04L 5/0032 (2013.01); H04W 72/1273 (2013.01); H04W 72/1289 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network device for a wireless local area network, wherein the network device is operable to wirelessly communicate with a neighbouring device according to a schedule which allocates timeslots to communication between neighbouring devices. The network device has: a wireless receiver operable to receive a request from a child neighbouring device for at least one timeslot for communicating a first amount of data to the network device; a processor configured to allocate timeslots in a schedule to communication between the network device and the child neighbouring device.