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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2005
Joerg Habetha, Aachen, DE;
Guido Hiertz, Cologne, DE;
Javier Del Prado Pavon, Ossining, NY (US);
Kiran Challapali, New City, NY (US);
Sai Shankar Nandagopalan, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Joerg Habetha, Aachen, DE;
Guido Hiertz, Cologne, DE;
Javier Del Prado Pavon, Ossining, NY (US);
Kiran Challapali, New City, NY (US);
Sai Shankar Nandagopalan, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A system (), apparatus (), and method are provided for decentralized medium access control comprising an enhanced protocol for UWB MAC that includes a distributed reservation protocol (DRP) for distributed reservation of the medium (). The invention also relates to any wireless system () that uses a MAC protocol comprising a distributed reservation protocol. The method comprises devices () announcing medium reservations in beacons () and devices () that receive such announcements respecting the reservations.