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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2008
Lawrence W. Yonge, Iii, Ocala, FL (US);
Srinivas Katar, Gainesville, FL (US);
Shmuel Goldfisher, Petah-Tikva, IL;
Erez Geva, Gan Yavne, IL;
Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Ocala, FL (US);
Srinivas Katar, Gainesville, FL (US);
Shmuel Goldfisher, Petah-Tikva, IL;
Erez Geva, Gan Yavne, IL;
Qualcomm Atheros, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In a network, some data are transmitted between stations during time slots in contention free periods. Selecting the time slots includes collecting timing information at some stations in the network. The timing information indicates the times of existing time slots used by stations whose transmissions can be reliably received by the station collecting the timing information. The timing information is distributed to other stations in the network. A new time slot for transmission between a first and a second station is selected based at least on timing information indicating the times of existing time slots used by stations whose transmissions can be reliably received by at least one of the first and second station.