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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Jie Liang, Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Jie Liang, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A digital devicewith a plurality of collocated wireless networks encounters inter-network interference if the collocated wireless networks operate in a common operating frequency. A coordinator unit, coupled to the plurality of wireless networks, provides a transmission reservation system wherein a wireless network with a need to transmit can request and receive a reservation for time to transmit. The coordinator unitprovides a way to schedule transmissions from the plurality of wireless networks and to reduce the probability of collisions.