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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2016
William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);
Adriana B. Flores Miranda, Houston, TX (US);
Edward W. Knightly, Houston, TX (US);
William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A client device includes a processor and an antenna. The client device obtains an announcement that specifies a winning client of a channel contention competition; identifies a group association of the client device using an identity of the winning client; transmits a preamble modulated by an entry of a preamble interference nullification matrix, the entry is based on the group association; and transmits, after transmitting the preamble, a data transmission. The preamble is transmitted at the same time as a second preamble is transmitted by a second client device.