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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2007
Theodorus Jacobus Johannes Denteneer, Eindhoven, NL;
Guido Roland Hiertz, Aachen, DE;
Gustaf Sebastian Max, Cologne, DE;
Bernard Walke, Wuerselen, DE;
Xiangyu Wang, Eindhoven, NL;
Theodorus Jacobus Johannes Denteneer, Eindhoven, NL;
Guido Roland Hiertz, Aachen, DE;
Gustaf Sebastian Max, Cologne, DE;
Bernard Walke, Wuerselen, DE;
Xiangyu Wang, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A wireless network () comprises mesh devices and non-mesh devices. A medium access control architecture incorporates at least a point coordination function as an access method, wherein the point coordination function starts a contention-free period () with a beacon () so that a non-polled transmission by the non-mesh devices is prevented. Further, the mesh devices are enable to communicate during the contention-free period (). Hence, communication between the mesh devices is priorisized so that a high reliability is achieved and utilization of the wireless network () is optimized.