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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2000
Applicants:
Vinod Jayaraman, San Mateo, CA (US);
Hitoshi Takanashi, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vinod Jayaraman, San Mateo, CA (US);
Hitoshi Takanashi, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
NTT Multimedia Communications Laboratories, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q007/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method that is useable with a wireless medium and local stations includes communicating a request between one of the local stations and a central authority to reserve a time slot for transmitting from the local station. The central authority is used to selectively reserve the time slot based on at least in part a reservation schedule. If the central authority reserves the time slot, then during the time slot, the central authority prevents the other local stations from transmitting.