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Patent No.:

US 7822059 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010

Filed:

Jan. 23, 2006

Managing contention-free time allocations in a network

Applicants:

Srinivas Katar, Ocala, FL (US);

Lawrence W. Yonge, Iii, Ocala, FL (US);

Neal K. Riedel, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Min Wang, San Diego, CA (US);

George M. Peponides, Encinitas, CA (US);

Wai Chung Chan, Vancouver, WA (US);

Sherman Leon Gavette, Camas, WA (US);

Deepak Ayyagari, Vancouver, WA (US);

Inventors:

Srinivas Katar, Ocala, FL (US);

Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Ocala, FL (US);

Neal K. Riedel, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Min Wang, San Diego, CA (US);

George M. Peponides, Encinitas, CA (US);

Wai Chung Chan, Vancouver, WA (US);

Sherman Leon Gavette, Camas, WA (US);

Deepak Ayyagari, Vancouver, WA (US);

Assignees:

Atheros Communications, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Sharp Corporation, Tenri Nara, JP;

CopperGate Communications Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;

Attorney:

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Tri H Phan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/212 (2006.01); H04L 12/413 (2006.01); H04L 12/43 (2006.01); H04Q 1/30 (2006.01); H04M 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and corresponding system for communicating between stations in a network are presented. The method includes providing repeated beacon transmissions from a coordinator station for coordinating transmissions among a plurality of the stations; transmitting from a first station to a second station during a time slot assigned to the first station by at least one of the beacon transmissions; and transmitting from the first station information that grants permission to the second station to transmit during at least a portion of a time slot assigned to the first station.

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Katar, Srinivas. (2010). Managing contention-free time allocations in a network (U.S. Patent No. 7822059). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7822059

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