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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2004
Béatrice Martin, Paris, FR;
Béatrice Martin, Paris, FR;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method is dedicated to communications management for a random access communications network, in which time intervals are broken down into access slots, and during each access slot, a network terminal can transmit an access request to the network associated with a message that it wants to transmit, and comprising at least one processing device that introduces a long time for transmission of an access request acknowledgement message. This method consists of periodically sending acknowledgement messages to terminals, each message comprising positive acknowledgement information associated with each authorized access slot. Thus, when a requesting terminal receives an acknowledgement message later than an access request transmitted during a given access slot, it can transmit the message associated with its access request.