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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2009
Xiangping Qin, Carbondale, IL (US);
Chiu Ngo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Harkirat Singh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Huai-rong Shao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Xiangping Qin, Carbondale, IL (US);
Chiu Ngo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Harkirat Singh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Huai-Rong Shao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
A method and system for wireless communication in a wireless network is provided. One implementation involves a requesting wireless station directionally transmitting a request to a coordinator for access to a communication channel; the request packet includes a field indicating the length of the desired reservation period; and upon successfully receiving the request from the wireless station, the coordinator reserving a channel time period for data transmission by the requesting wireless station, and at least pseudo-omni-directionally broadcasting a packet to all wireless stations in the network indicating the reservation. All other stations refrain from contending the channel during the reserved channel time period.