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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2006
Lei Du, Beijing, CN;
Lan Chen, Beijing, CN;
Akira Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Lei Du, Beijing, CN;
Lan Chen, Beijing, CN;
Akira Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pair scheduling medium access control method used in a wireless network, comprises the steps of: checking, by a receiving node, whether a transmitting node has data packets to be subsequently sent, according to data packets received from the transmitting node; when the transmitting node has no data packets to be subsequently sent, checking whether the receiving node has data packets to be sent to the transmitting node or not; if the receiving node has data packets to be sent to the transmitting node, then adding a time period required for sending the data packets of the receiving node into an acknowledgement packet to be sent to the transmitting node; after the receiving node receives a Clear to Send packet sent from the transmitting node, sending the data packets in the receiving node to the transmitting node.