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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Meteorcomm, Llc, Renton, WA (US);
Inventors:
Shiva Sarrafan, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Arun Naidu, Woodinville, WA (US);
Jim M. Elder, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 45/16 (2022.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 5/0005 (2013.01); H04L 5/0037 (2013.01); H04L 45/16 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01);
Abstract
In method for facilitating the more efficient opportunistic use of one or more frequency division multiplexed (FDM) channels by a two or more secondary users (SU) in a point-to-multipoint, centralized ad hoc network, one SU acts as a central node and the remaining SU acting as remote nodes. Each SU adheres to a predetermined protocol utilizing synchronized time slots in each of the channels, each time slot having at least one data transmission period and at least one primary user detection period during which no SU transmits. The central SU node determines channel availability.