WLAN TDM protocol
AssigneeMarvell World Trade Ltd.
InventorTimothy Donovan
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Abstract
A first wireless network device in a wireless network that includes a plurality of wireless network devices comprises an RF transceiver that transmits and receives data packets and that periodically transmits or receives a beacon. A control module communicates with the RF transceiver, determines a transmission position m and a default IFS time based on the beacon, selects a second IFS time when the RF transceiver receives a data packet from a second wireless network device having a transmission position m−1, and selects the default IFS time when the RF transceiver does not receive a data packet from the second wireless network device.
Claims25
A first wireless network device in a wireless network that includes a plurality of wireless network devices, comprising:
- an RF transceiver that transmits and receives data packets and that periodically transmits or receives a beacon;
- and
- a control module that communicates with the RF transceiver, that determines a transmission position m and a default IFS time based on the beacon, that selects a second IFS time when the RF transceiver receives a data packet from a second wireless network device having a transmission position m−1, and that selects the default IFS time when the RF transceiver does not receive a data packet from the second wireless network device.
A first wireless network device in a wireless network that includes a plurality of wireless network devices, comprising:
- transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving data packets and for periodically transmitting or receiving a beacon;
- and
- control means for communicating with the transmitting and receiving means, for determining a transmission position m and a default IFS time based on the beacon, for selecting a second IFS time when the transmitting and receiving means receives a data packet from a second wireless network device having a transmission position m−1, and for selecting the default IFS time when the transmitting and receiving means does not receive a data packet from the second wireless network device.
A method for transmitting and receiving data with a first wireless network device in a wireless network that includes a plurality of wireless network devices, comprising:
- transmitting and receiving data packets;
- periodically transmitting or receiving a beacon;
- determining a transmission position m and a default IFS time based on the beacon;
- selecting a second IFS time when the first wireless network device receives a data packet from a second wireless network device having a transmission position m−1;
- and
- selecting the default IFS time when the first wireless network device does not receive a data packet from the second wireless network device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.