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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 56/0015 (2013.01); H04W 84/20 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method, apparatus, and computer program product example embodiments enable access to a wireless communications medium. In example embodiments, a method comprises determining, by a first wireless node, whether there are enough master nodes within range in a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of wireless nodes; and assuming, by the first wireless node, a role of a master node to participate in synchronization message contention in the wireless communication network, in response to determining that there are not enough master nodes within range.