US 2011/0211498 A1 · Method For Communication Via A Half-Duplex Radio Channel In A Radio Network

Abstract

A communication method for a radio network, comprising at least two subscribers, wherein a radio channel is used in both directions among the subscribers, but only consecutively in the one and then in the other direction, i.e., not simultaneously in both directions. In accordance with the invention, the subscribers are each specified transmission times in a time period, at which either subscriber is permitted to send a user telegram to the other subscriber, where a detection signal is embedded at the beginning of each user telegram, or such a detection signal precedes the user telegram, and the embedded detection signal is used to notify the receiving subscriber of the assignment of the radio channel.

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Dependent claims

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A communication method for a radio network, having at least two subscribers, wherein a radio channel being used in both directions between the subscribers, always only successively in one direction and then in another direction, and not simultaneously in both directions, the method comprising:

stipulating respective transmission times in a time pattern for the subscribers at which transmission times one of the subscribers is permitted to send another of the subscribers a user message, a start of each user message having an embedded identification signal, or the embedded identification signal being a prefix of the user message;
and
sending, by the one of the subscribers, a user message with the embedded identification signal for receipt by the another subscriber to notify the another subscriber of the busy condition of the radio channel.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method For Communication Via A Half-Duplex Radio Channel In A Radio Network

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Method For Communication Via A Half-Duplex Radio Channel In A Radio Network

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Abstract

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