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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Xiaoming Zhou, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John S. Baras, Potomac, MD (US);
Inventors:
Xiaoming Zhou, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John S. Baras, Potomac, MD (US);
Assignee:
University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to an improved communications protocol which increases the efficiency of transmission in return channels on a multi-channel slotted Alohas system by incorporating advanced error correction algorithms, selective retransmission protocols and the use of reserved channels to satisfy the retransmission requests.