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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2019
Applicant:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;

Inventors:

Michael Baddeley, Bristol, GB;

Yichao Jin, Bristol, GB;

Xinyu Ni, Bristol, GB;

Assignee:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 80/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/1231 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 74/0808 (2013.01); H04W 80/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method for transmitting data from a plurality of child nodes to a parent node in a wireless network, wherein each child node is configured to send messages directed to a root node of the network via the parent node, the method comprising the parent node: dividing a first time period into a plurality of timeslots; assigning a MAC protocol to one or more child node for transmission of data to the parent node during the first time period; allocating one or more of said plurality of timeslots into which the first period is divided to said one or more child nodes for transmission to the parent node according to the MAC protocol assigned to them; transmitting details of the respective assigned MAC protocol and allocated timeslot to said one or more child nodes.


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