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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Rongsheng Huang, Poway, CA (US);
Lichung Chu, San Diego, CA (US);
Shigeyuki Shoda, San Diego, CA (US);
Shinhaeng Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 28/26 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/00 (2009.01); H04W 28/06 (2009.01); H04W 74/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/10 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/00 (2013.01); H04W 28/26 (2013.01); H04W 56/00 (2013.01); H04W 76/00 (2013.01); H04W 28/06 (2013.01); H04W 74/00 (2013.01); H04W 84/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A time division multiple access (TDMA) media access control (MAC) protocol is provided for wireless body area networks (BANs). In particular, in some embodiments the described network devices utilize signaling to modify previously made reservations. In other embodiments, reservation adjustment is performed without using signaling. Preemption can also be used to allow flexible reservation adjustment.