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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2008
Lawrence W. Yonge, Iii, Ocala, FL (US);
Brian E. Markwalter, Ocala, FL (US);
Stanley J. Kostoff, Ii, Ocala, FL (US);
James Philip Patella, Hernando, FL (US);
William E. Earnshaw, Ocala, FL (US);
Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Ocala, FL (US);
Brian E. Markwalter, Ocala, FL (US);
Stanley J. Kostoff, II, Ocala, FL (US);
James Philip Patella, Hernando, FL (US);
William E. Earnshaw, Ocala, FL (US);
Atheros Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An access contention scheme is described for use by a station in a network of stations. Access contention by a station having a frame to be transmitted includes detecting contention control information for a contention period and determining from the contention control information if the station is permitted to contend for access to a transmission medium to which the stations are connected during the contention period. When a contention control indicator is detected for a contention period, a station having a frame to transmit determines from the contention control indicator if it is permitted to contend for access to the transmission medium during the contention period.