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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2007
YE Chen, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Stephen P. Emeott, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Hrishikesh Gossain, Lake Mary, FL (US);
Ye Chen, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Stephen P. Emeott, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Hrishikesh Gossain, Lake Mary, FL (US);
Motorola Solutions, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of communicating within a mesh network comprises scheduling a mesh access reservation time period for transmission of one or more frames by the mesh device on a channel. During the scheduled mesh access reservation time period: contention for the channel is performed with one or more other mesh devices in the network; and at least one frame is transmitted when the mesh device wins the contention. After the scheduled mesh access reservation time period: when one or more frames scheduled for transmission during the scheduled mesh access reservation time period remain to be transmitted; contention for the channel continues; and the one or more frames are transmitted when the mesh device wins the contention for the channel and when another mesh device has not reserved the channel for the time period.