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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2004
Guido Hiertz, Cologne, DE;
Rajesh Shantaram Bagul, Ulhasnagar, IN;
Olaf Wischhusen, Aachen, DE;
Jörg Habetha, Aachen, DE;
Klaus Peter May, Aachen, DE;
Guido Hiertz, Cologne, DE;
Rajesh Shantaram Bagul, Ulhasnagar, IN;
Olaf Wischhusen, Aachen, DE;
Jörg Habetha, Aachen, DE;
Klaus Peter May, Aachen, DE;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Philips Lighting Holding B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method of decentralized medium access control in a communications network consisting of a plurality of stations, wherein a sending station transmits a reservation request for a future transmission to an intended receiving station, said intended receiving station being in a reception range of said sending station, said reservation request signalling reservation information including starting point and duration of the transmission, defining a time period of said future transmission, and, in case of a multi-channel system, frequency or code of the channel of said future transmission, so establishing a reservation, and stations active in said reception range overhear said reservation request and other stations than said intended receiving station perform the actions of storing said reservation information locally and defer from medium access during the time period and on the channel of the future transmission.