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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2012
Kumaran Vijayasankar, Dallas, TX (US);
Shu Du, San Jose, CA (US);
Anand G. Dabak, Plano, TX (US);
Badri N. Varadarajan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kumaran Vijayasankar, Dallas, TX (US);
Shu Du, San Jose, CA (US);
Anand G. Dabak, Plano, TX (US);
Badri N. Varadarajan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for designing, using, and/or implementing slotted channel access techniques in network communications are described. In some embodiments, a method may include selecting one of a plurality of time slots within a contention access period (CAP), each of the plurality of time slots having a predetermined duration, and transmitting a packet during the selected time slot. For example, the time slot may be selected randomly or based on a round-robin algorithm. In some implementations, the duration of each of the plurality of time slots may correspond and/or be equal to: (a) a duration of a data packet of maximum size, (b) a sum of durations of a request-to-send packet, an interframe space, and a clear-to-send packet, and/or (c) a duration of a guaranteed time slot (GTS) or contention free period (CFP) request packet, as prescribed by a given communication protocol or standard.