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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2006
Abtin Keshavarzian, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bhaskar Srinivasan, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Lakshmi Venkatraman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abtin Keshavarzian, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bhaskar Srinivasan, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Lakshmi Venkatraman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method of acknowledged communication in a network includes transmitting a message to at least one node of the network, wherein the message is transmitted in each of a plurality of broadcast rounds that overlap one another according to a predetermined broadcast schedule, receiving the message by the at least one node, and transmitting an acknowledgement of the message from the at least one node, wherein the acknowledgement is transmitted in each of a plurality of collection rounds that overlap one another according to a predetermined collection schedule.