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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Ocala, FL (US);
Stanley J. Kostoff, II, Ocala, FL (US);
James Philip Patella, Hernando, FL (US);
Assignee:
Intellon Corporation, Ocala, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/02 ;
Abstract
A robust Media Access Control (MAC) scheme for network stations operating in an OFDM transmissions network. The MAC scheme uses robustly transmitted frame control information to ensure network synchronization (for media access) and convey channel access prioritization for QoS. Frame control information can occur in a frame before and after the frame's payload, or in a response.