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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2012
Applicants:
Ju-lan Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
Huai-rong Shao, San Jose, CA (US);
Chiu Ngo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/212 (2006.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/43 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Performing distributed contention-free communication channel reservation for wireless communication, is disclosed. One implementation involves providing access to a shared communication channel in a wireless network including multiple wireless stations, by performing distributed channel time reservation for contention-free access to a shared wireless channel by each wireless station, based on a prior successful contention by the wireless station for access to the channel in a wireless network.