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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2012
Applicant:
Mark Gorthorn Rison, Cambridge, GB;
Inventor:
Mark Gorthorn Rison, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
CAMBRIDGE SILICON RADIO LIMITED, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/02 (2006.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/085 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communication device capable of transmitting data on a communications channel, the communications channel capable of being shared with a number of stations, the communication device being configured to determine a back-off period, the back-off period being a period of time for which the communication device delays transmission of data after determining that the communications channel is idle, wherein the communication device is configured to determine the back-off period in such a way as to favor a decrease in the back-off period in response to an increase in the number of stations.