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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2008
Xiangping Qin, San Jose, CA (US);
Harkirat Singh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Huai-rong Shao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Chiu Ngo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Xiangping Qin, San Jose, CA (US);
Harkirat Singh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Huai-Rong Shao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Chiu Ngo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
A system and method for multiple contention access periods is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system for wireless communication comprises a coordinator configured to schedule wireless transmissions among a plurality of wireless devices during a plurality of superframes, at least one of the superframes comprising a period during which the coordinator is configured to receive one or more data packets from the wireless devices via at least one random access scheme, the period being partitioned into a plurality of sub-periods which do not overlap with one another, wherein the coordinator is configured to receive at least a first data packet having a first value for a parameter during a first sub-period and a second data packet having a second value for the parameter during a second sub-period, and wherein the first and second values for the parameter are different from each other.