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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2007
Paul Barom Jeon, Yongin-si, KR;
Jun Hyeong Kim, Anyang-si, KR;
Sang DO Park, Seoul, KR;
Sun Shin an, Seoul, KR;
Won Keun Kong, Suwon-si, KR;
Chung Gu Kang, Seoul, KR;
Sung Min Kang, Seoul, KR;
Ii Whan Kim, Incheon-si, KR;
Paul Barom Jeon, Yongin-si, KR;
Jun Hyeong Kim, Anyang-si, KR;
Sang Do Park, Seoul, KR;
Sun Shin An, Seoul, KR;
Won Keun Kong, Suwon-si, KR;
Chung Gu Kang, Seoul, KR;
Sung Min Kang, Seoul, KR;
II Whan Kim, Incheon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Korea University Industrial and Academic Collaboration Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for allocating a radio resource in a wireless sensor network are provided, in which a signal requesting a radio resource allocation is received from any one of sensors included in the wireless sensor network, an amount of remaining energy is compared with respect to each zone where a sensor transmitting the signal is included, an order of zones, from a zone comprising a greatest amount of remaining energy to a zone having a least amount of remaining energy, is determined as a result of the comparison, and a time slot is allocated to a sensor of each zone according to the determined order of zones, when transmitting a frame for the radio resource allocation.