Adaptive Network to Dynamically Account for Hidden Nodes
AssigneeLantiq Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co. KG
InventorVladimir Oksman
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a network element that is configured to be associated with a network having a number of nodes. The master node is configured to communicate with a number of nodes and allocate bandwith therebetween by sending outgoing signals and receiving incoming signals over a transmission medium. The master node is further configured to adaptively account for hidden nodes with which the master node cannot bi-directionally directly communicate by communicating at least one signal with at least one proxy node. Other methods and network elements are disclosed.
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A network element within a network, comprising:
- a master node configured to communicate with a number of nodes that are admitted to the network and further configured to allocate bandwidth among the number of nodes by sending outgoing signals and receiving incoming signals over a transmission medium;
- the master node being further configured to provide a beacon signal to the number of nodes, where the beacon signal specifies a number of relay beacon timelots during which the number of nodes are to transmit respective relayed beacon signals, where one of the number of nodes acts as a proxy node by transmitting a relayed beacon signal based on the beacon signal to facilitate communication between the master node and a hidden node through the proxy node;
- wherein the master node cannot bi-directionally communicate with the hidden node without the proxy node.
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