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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Maulin D. Patel, Tuckahoe, NY (US);
Richard Chen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04B 7/26 (2006.01); H04B 13/00 (2006.01); H04W 74/04 (2009.01); H04W 28/26 (2009.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/10 (2009.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04B 7/2656 (2013.01); H04B 13/005 (2013.01); H04W 74/04 (2013.01); A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/0024 (2013.01); H04W 28/26 (2013.01); H04W 48/08 (2013.01); H04W 84/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling access to a wireless medium in a network. The method comprises dividing an access time to the wireless medium into fixed and repeated time rounds, wherein each time round includes a plurality of superframes and each superframe includes a fixed number of time slots; allocating a global beacon period within a time round; and reserving subframes within each superframe, wherein master devices can access the wireless medium at least during the reserved subframes.