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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2010
Theodorus Jacobus Johannes Denteneer, Eindhoven, NL;
Augustus Josephus Elizabeth Maria Janssen, Eindhoven, NL;
Peter Maria Van DE Ven, Eindhoven, NL;
Johannes Simeon Hendrikus Van Leeuwaarden, Eindhoven, NL;
Theodorus Jacobus Johannes Denteneer, Eindhoven, NL;
Augustus Josephus Elizabeth Maria Janssen, Eindhoven, NL;
Peter Maria Van De Ven, Eindhoven, NL;
Johannes Simeon Hendrikus Van Leeuwaarden, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for granting medium access to a node in a wireless network, the network comprising at least two nodes, and the method comprising the step of determining, for one of the at least two nodes, a medium access rate to be used, a medium access rate determining how often a node transmits data throughout the network, wherein the rate is determined as being different from one node to another and dependent on the number of neighbors of a node. The invention also relates to a wireless radio network comprising at least two nodes, wherein a medium access rate to be used by a node is determined as being different from one node to another and dependent on the number of neighbors of a node, a medium access rate determining how often a node transmits data throughout the network.