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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2009
Reza Ghanadan, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Jessica Hsu, Washington, DC (US);
Ming Luo, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Shaomin MO, Pine Brook, NJ (US);
Reza Ghanadan, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Jessica Hsu, Washington, DC (US);
Ming Luo, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Shaomin Mo, Pine Brook, NJ (US);
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Abstract
Communications in a mobile network are scheduled by defining reservation frames having time slots during which network nodes can transmit certain traffic loads while avoiding interference. The nodes maintain maps that identify the slots as either free or reserved based on each node's existing reservations, and reservation information the node receives from neighboring nodes. A node wishing to transmit traffic determines the number of slots required to carry the traffic, selects a first set of slots from among those identified in its maps as free, and transmits a reservation initiation message (RIM) that identifies the first set of slots. Nodes receiving the RIM determine which, if any, of the first set of slots are already reserved based on their own maps, and transmit counter reservation initiation messages (CRIMs) if any slots are reserved. The CRIMs also identify those slots that the CRIM transmitting nodes determine to be currently free.