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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2006
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);
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);
Atheros Communications, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sharp Corporation, Tenri Nara, JP;
CopperGate Communications Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
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.