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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2005
Michael S. Feeney, Allen, TX (US);
Michael S. Feeney, Allen, TX (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A method for dynamically implementing a TDMA management cycle for a wireless network is described. The method includes communicating between nodes in the wireless network using a time division multiple access structure, the time division multiple access structure including time divisions having time frames, each time frame having a plurality of time slots, the plurality of time slots including TDMA management slots. The method further includes defining a node partition, the node partition including all of the nodes within the wireless network that are able to route messages to each other, defining a TDMA management cycle, the TDMA management cycle configured to include a TDMA management slot assigned to every node within the partition, storing, at each node, an assignment of the node to a TDMA management slot number, and dynamically adapting the size of the TDMA management cycle based on the number of active nodes in the partition, wherein the size of the TDMA management cycle is a multiple of a base cycle.