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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2004
System and method for allowing nodes in a wireless communication network to access multiple channels
Michael S. Feeney, Allen, TX (US);
Fred D. Mabe, Marion, IA (US);
James A. Stevens, Allen, TX (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A method for allowing a node in a wireless communication network to access time slot assignment information on multiple channels includes assigning the node to a first channel associated with a channelized neighborhood having a plurality of nodes. The node communicates in accordance with an access protocol having a common channel frame portion and a channelized frame portion. A plurality of staggered channelized bootstrap slot sections are provided in the channelized frame portion. Each channelized bootstrap slot section is associated with a different channel and offset in time from the other channelized bootstrap slot sections.