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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2011
Hubertus Gerardus Hendrikus Vermeulen, Eindhoven, NL;
Sujan Pandey, Eindhoven, NL;
Abhijit Kumar Deb, Eindhoven, NL;
Hubertus Gerardus Hendrikus Vermeulen, Eindhoven, NL;
Sujan Pandey, Eindhoven, NL;
Abhijit Kumar Deb, Eindhoven, NL;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Systems and methods for encoding a slot table for a communications controller of a communications network are described. In one embodiment, a method for encoding a slot table for a communications controller of a communications network includes classifying branches of the communications network that are connected to the communications controller into at least one group, where each of the at least one group includes multiple branches, and generating a slot table entry for a time slot for accessing the communications network through the communications controller based on the at least one group. Other embodiments are also described.