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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2008
Applicants:
Guenael T. Strutt, Sanford, FL (US);
Charles R. Barker, Orlando, FL (US);
Keith J. Goldberg, Casselberry, FL (US);
Inventors:
Guenael T. Strutt, Sanford, FL (US);
Charles R. Barker, Orlando, FL (US);
Keith J. Goldberg, Casselberry, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola Solutions, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/212 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of adaptive beaconing includes operating a node within an ad hoc wireless communication network to calculate a probability P for an interval of time I; transmit a beacon when a uniformly distributed random number is less than the probability P; and wait for the interval of time 'I' and repeat the calculate, transmit, and waiting operations when the uniformly distributed random number is greater than the probability P.