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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
May. 20, 2009
Applicants:
Thomas Alfons Hogenmueller, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vivek Jain, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Alfons Hogenmueller, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vivek Jain, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A wireless transmission method includes providing a commanding node and a plurality of sub-networks. Each of the sub-networks includes at least one responding node. Corresponding ones of a plurality of time slots are assigned to individual ones of the sub-networks based on at least one operational characteristic of the sub-networks. The time slots are disposed within a plurality of frequency channels. Communication is conducted between the commanding node and the sub-networks within the assigned time slots of the sub-networks.