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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2012
Dong Wang, Ossining, NY (US);
David Hillary Evans, Crawley, GB;
Dong Wang, Ossining, NY (US);
David Hillary Evans, Crawley, GB;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A personal area network (PAN) coordinator () of a medical body area network (MBAN) () allocates multi-periodic guaranteed time slots (GTSs) to sensor devices () of the MBAN (). The PAN coordinator () includes a controller () configured to receive a request for a multi-periodic GTS from a sensor device () of the MBAN (). The request includes a period indicating a periodicity with which the multi-periodic GTS is requested. In response to the request, the controller () determines a GTS allocation including a starting frame and transmits a descriptor to the sensor device (). The descriptor includes information to identify the starting frame.