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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2007
Xudong Wang, Kirkland, WA (US);
Yun Wu, San Diego, CA (US);
Chao Gui, San Diego, CA (US);
Xiaojing Tao, San Diego, CA (US);
Weilin Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Nova, Del Mar Mesa, CA (US);
Xudong Wang, Kirkland, WA (US);
Yun Wu, San Diego, CA (US);
Chao Gui, San Diego, CA (US);
Xiaojing Tao, San Diego, CA (US);
Weilin Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Nova, Del Mar Mesa, CA (US);
Misonimo Chi Acquisitions L.L.C., Dover, DE (US);
Abstract
A distributed multi-channel TDMA MAC time slot and channel allocation algorithm for wireless networks is provided. The time slot and channel allocation includes a distributed allocation phase and an allocation adjustment phase. Each phase begins allocation at a first node and continues node-by-node until the last node in the network. The allocation then reflects back from the last node to the first node. At each node in the path, the node can initiate resource allocation between itself and its neighbor nodes. Nodes that are within range of the wireless network but are not on the path do not initiate resource allocation but instead participate in the resource allocation initiated from other nodes.