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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2005
Ching Yao Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Yu Long Fan, Taoyuan, TW;
Ching Yao Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Yu Long Fan, Taoyuan, TW;
National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method for polling of stations in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), including the steps of: obtaining Quality of Service (QoS) information related to the stations; assigning two timers to each WLAN service requiring QoS guarantee, one for uplink transmission and the other for downlink transmission; starting a Controlled Access Period (CAP) when a minimum timer Tis below the threshold T; polling the station with the minimum timer; updating the minimum timer after a polling message is sent; quitting CAP and permitting the resource contention if the minimum timer Tis larger than the threshold T.