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US 2013/0155927 A1Published application
Low power wireless communication apparatuses and method thereof
AssigneesSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
InventorsChang Soon Park, Young Soo Kim, Tae In Hyon, Minchae Jung, Kyuho Hwang, Sooyong Choi
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Abstract
Provided are low-power wireless communication apparatuses and a method thereof. A hub may receive a beacon signal from a neighboring hub that is within a predetermined area from the hub, and control an operation of a node served by the hub based on information received from the neighboring hub.
Claims19
A low-power wireless communication apparatus, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a beacon signal from a neighboring hub that is within a predetermined area;
- and
- a controller configured to determine whether the neighboring hub operates in an exclusive access phase (EAP) period in which a node served by the neighboring hub has exclusive access to a wireless channel, based on the beacon signal, and to control an operation of a node served by the low-power communication apparatus based on information about a point at which the EAP period terminates.
A low-power wireless communication apparatus, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive an instruction, from a hub of a wireless communication network, for controlling an operation of a node;
- and
- a controller configured to control an operation of the node based on the instruction.
A method for low-power wireless communication, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a hub, a beacon signal from a neighboring hub entering a predetermined area;
- determining whether the neighboring hub operates in an exclusive access phase (EAP) period in which a node served by the neighboring hub has exclusive access to a wireless channel, based on the beacon signal;
- and
- controlling an operation of a node served by the hub based on information about a point at which the EAP period terminates.
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