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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wilhelmus J Diepstraten, VL Diessen, NL;
Hendrik van Bokhorst, MB Nijkerk, NL;
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370 853 ;
Abstract
A station which broadcasts a frame of information over a wireless local area network, waits a predetermined time calculated to allow other stations to gain access to the network, and thereafter broadcasts another frame of information. A method is provided which improves access fairness while reducing the collision probability, thereby increasing data throughput in the network.