System and method for communicating in a time division multiple access (tdma) mesh network having minimized end-to-end latency
AssigneeHarris Corporation
InventorsWilliam M. RUDNICK, David A. Clark
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Abstract
A system and method for communicating includes a plurality of wireless nodes forming a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) mesh network. Each wireless node includes a transmitter and receiver and is operative for transmitting data packets across the TDMA mesh network from a source node through intermediate nodes to a destination node using a TDMA epoch such that a slot of channel time is allocated in both time and TDMA epoch prior to a wireless node transmitting the data packet.
Claims26
A system for communicating, comprising:
- a plurality of wireless nodes forming a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) mesh network;
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- each wireless node comprising a transmitter and receiver and operative for transmitting data packets across the TDMA mesh network from a source node through intermediate neighboring nodes to a destination node using a TDMA epoch such that a slot of channel time is allocated in both time and in TDMA epoch prior to a wireless node transmitting a data packet.
A system for communicating, comprising:
- a plurality of wireless nodes forming a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) mesh network;
- and
- each wireless node comprising a transmitter and receiver and operative for transmitting data packets across the TDMA mesh network from a source node through intermediate neighboring nodes to a destination node using a TDMA epoch such that a slot of channel time is allocated in both time and in TDMA epoch prior to a wireless node transmitting the data packet and each data packet stream has a different ordering of channel allocation in each direction for full duplex communications.
A method for communicating, which comprises;
- transmitting a data packet across a plurality of wireless nodes that form a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) mesh network from a source node through intermediate neighboring routes to a destination node using a TDMA epoch;
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- allocating in both time and TDMA epoch a slot of channel time prior to a wireless node transmitting the data packet.
A method for communicating, which comprises:
- transmitting a data packet across a plurality of wireless nodes that form a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) mesh network from a source node through intermediate neighboring nodes to a destination node using a TDMA epoch;
- allocating in both time and in TDMA epoch a slot of channel time prior to a wireless node transmitting the data packet during an allocated time slot;
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- ordering channel allocations for a full duplex communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.