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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2009
Lawrence W. Yonge, Iii, Ocala, FL (US);
Srinivas Katar, Ocala, FL (US);
James E. Petranovich, La Jolla, CA (US);
Neal Riedel, Carlsbad, CA (US);
George M. Peponides, Encinitas, CA (US);
Wai Chung Chan, Vancouver, WA (US);
Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Ocala, FL (US);
Srinivas Katar, Ocala, FL (US);
James E. Petranovich, La Jolla, CA (US);
Neal Riedel, Carlsbad, CA (US);
George M. Peponides, Encinitas, CA (US);
Wai Chung Chan, Vancouver, WA (US);
Qualcomm Atheros, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and corresponding system for operating in a network in which stations communicate over a shared medium are presented. The shared medium has at least one varying channel characteristic that varies approximately periodically. The method includes providing repeated beacon transmissions from a coordinator station for coordinating transmissions among a plurality of the stations, wherein at least some beacon transmissions are synchronized to the varying channel characteristic; and transmitting from a first station to at least one receiving station during a time slot determined based on at least one of the beacon transmissions received by the first station from the coordinator station.