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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2020
Imec Vzw, Leuven, BE;
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, BE;
IMEC VZW, Leuven, BE;
UNIVERSITEIT GENT, Ghent, BE;
Abstract
A device for medium access control in a node of a wireless communication network with shared medium, including: a registration module, configured to maintain in a scheduling table the use of slots, including timeslots and/or frequency channels; an information exchange module, configured to collect slot usage information indicative for the use of slots by neighbor nodes in the range of the node, this slot usage information specifying use of a slot for transmission by a neighbor node and/or use of a slot for receipt by a neighbor node; a slot allocation module, configured to allocate a slot for communication with a neighbor node by consulting the scheduling table in a slot allocation procedure with a neighbor node, resulting in an allocated slot.