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US 2013/0170505 A1Published application
Apparatus and method to secure acquisition and contention burst activity in a communication network
AssigneeVt Idirect, Inc.
InventorsDavid Thompson Nemeth, Jason B. Maiorana, Sadaf Fardeen
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of communication in a network includes a hub having a burst time plan generating section to generate a burst time plan including time slot allocation information that allocates transmission time slots in a subsequent frame to remote terminals. The allocation information identifies at least one time slot in the subsequent frame as a dummy time slot assigned to at least one remote terminal already acquired in the network. The hub also includes a transmitter to transmit the burst time plan including the allocation information. A corresponding remote terminal and computer readable media are also discussed.
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A hub in a communication network, the hub comprising:
- a burst time plan generating section to generate a burst time plan including time slot allocation information that allocates transmission time slots in a subsequent frame to remote terminals, the allocation information identifying at least one time slot in the subsequent frame as a dummy acquisition time slot assigned to at least one remote terminal already acquired in the network;
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- a transmitter to transmit the burst time plan including the allocation information.
A hub in a communication network, the hub comprising:
- a burst time plan generating section to generate a burst time plan including time slot allocation information that allocates transmission time slots in a subsequent frame to remote terminals, the allocation information identifying at least one of the time slots in the subsequent frame as one of three types of acquisition time slots and the allocation information identifying at least another one of the time slots in the subsequent frame as including one of the three types of acquisition time slots, the three types of acquisition time slots being a real acquisition time slot, a dummy acquisition time slot, and an empty acquisition time slot, wherein the at least one of the time slots and the at least another one of the time slots are not identified as a same type of acquisition time slot;
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- a transmitter to transmit the burst time plan including the time slot allocation information.
A remote terminal communicating in a communication network, the remote terminal comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a burst time plan from a hub, the burst time plan including time slot allocation information that allocates transmission time slots in a subsequent frame to remote terminals, the allocation information identifying a dummy acquisition time slot in the subsequent frame as being assigned to the remote terminal;
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- a transmitter configured to transmit in the dummy acquisition time slot in the subsequent frame.
A hub in a communication network, the hub comprising:
- a burst time plan generating section to generate a burst time plan including time slot allocation information that allocates transmission time slots in a subsequent frame to remote terminals, the allocation information identifying at least one time slot in the subsequent frame as a dummy contention time slot assigned to at least one remote terminal in the network and instructing the at least one remote terminal to transmit dummy data in the dummy contention time slot in the subsequent frame;
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- a transmitter to transmit the burst time plan including the allocation information.
A hub in a communication network, the hub comprising:
- a burst time plan generating section to generate a burst time plan including time slot allocation information that allocates transmission time slots in a subsequent frame to remote terminals, the allocation information identifying at least one of the time slots in the subsequent frame as one of three types of contention time slots and the allocation information identifying at least another one of the time slots in the subsequent frame as being one of the three types of contention time slots, the three types of contention time slots including a real contention time slot, a dummy contention time slot, and an empty contention time slot, wherein the at least one of the time slots and the at least another one of the time slots are not identified as a same type of contention time slot;
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- a transmitter to transmit the burst time plan including the allocation information.
A remote terminal communicating in a communication network, the remote terminal comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a burst time plan from a hub, the burst time plan including time slot allocation information that allocates transmission time slots in a subsequent frame to remote terminals, the allocation information instructing the remote terminal to transmit dummy data in a dummy contention slot in the subsequent frame;
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- a transmitter configured to transmit the dummy data in the dummy contention slot in the subsequent frame.
A method of communicating in a communication network, the method comprising:
- generating a burst time plan including time slot allocation information that allocates transmission time slots in a subsequent frame to remote terminals, the allocation information identifying at least one time slot in the subsequent frame as a dummy acquisition time slot assigned to a remote terminal already acquired in the network;
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- transmitting the burst time plan including the allocation information.
A method of communicating in a communication network, the method comprising:
- generating a burst time plan including time slot allocation information that allocates transmission time slots in a subsequent frame to remote terminals, the allocation information identifying at least one of the time slots in the subsequent frame as one of three types of acquisition time slots and the allocation information identifying at least another one of the time slots in the subsequent frame as including one of the three types of acquisition time slots, the three types of acquisition time slots being a real acquisition time slot, a dummy acquisition time slot, and an empty acquisition time slot, wherein the at least one of the time slots and the at least another one of the time slots are not identified as a same type of acquisition time slot;
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- transmitting the burst time plan including the time slot allocation information.
A method of communicating in a communication network, the method comprising:
- receiving a burst time plan, the burst time plan including time slot allocation information that allocates transmission time slots in a subsequent frame to remote terminals, the allocation information identifying a dummy acquisition time slot in the subsequent frame as being assigned to a remote terminal;
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- the remote terminal transmitting in the dummy acquisition time slot in the subsequent frame.
A method of communicating in a communication network, the method comprising:
- generating a burst time plan including time slot allocation information that allocates transmission time slots in a subsequent frame to remote terminals, the allocation information identifying at least one time slot in the subsequent frame as a dummy contention time slot assigned to at least one remote terminal in the network and instructing the at least one remote terminal to transmit dummy data in the dummy contention time slot in the subsequent frame;
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- transmitting the burst time plan including the allocation information.
A method of communicating in a communication network, the method comprising:
- generating a burst time plan including time slot allocation information that allocates transmission time slots in a subsequent frame to remote terminals, the allocation information identifying at least one of the time slots in the subsequent frame as one of three types of contention time slots and the allocation information identifying at least another one of the time slots in the subsequent frame as being one of the three types of contention time slots, the three types of contention time slots including a real contention time slot, a dummy contention time slot, and an empty contention time slot, wherein the at least one of the time slots and the at least another one of the time slots are not identified as a same type of contention time slot;
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- transmitting the burst time plan including the allocation information.
A method of communicating in a communication network, the method comprising:
- receiving a burst time plan from a hub, the burst time plan including time slot allocation information that allocates transmission time slots in a subsequent frame to remote terminals, the allocation information instructing at least one remote terminal to transmit dummy data in a dummy contention slot in the subsequent frame;
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- the at least one remote terminal transmitting the dummy data in the dummy contention slot in the subsequent frame.
A hub in a communication network, the hub comprising:
- a burst time plan generation means for generating a burst time plan including time slot allocation information that allocates transmission time slots in a subsequent frame to remote terminals, the allocation information identifying at least one of the time slots in the subsequent frame as one of three types of acquisition time slots and the allocation information identifying at least another one of the time slots in the subsequent frame as including one of the three types of acquisition time slots, the three types of acquisition time slots being a real acquisition time slot, a dummy acquisition time slot, and an empty acquisition time slot, wherein the at least one of the time slots and the at least another one of the time slots are not identified as a same type of acquisition time slot;
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- a transmitter to transmit the burst time plan including the time slot allocation information.
A hub in a communication network, the hub comprising:
- a burst time plan generation means for generating a burst time plan including time slot allocation information that allocates transmission time slots in a subsequent frame to remote terminals, the allocation information identifying at least one of the time slots in the subsequent frame as one of three types of contention time slots and the allocation information identifying at least another one of the time slots in the subsequent frame as being one of the three types of contention time slots, the three types of contention time slots including a real contention time slot, a dummy contention time slot, and an empty contention time slot, wherein the at least one of the time slots and the at least another one of the time slots are not identified as a same type of contention time slot;
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- a transmitter to transmit the burst time plan including the allocation information.
A computer-readable storage medium storing, therein, a set of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a hub in a communication system to perform a method, the method comprising:
- generating a burst time plan including time slot allocation information that allocates transmission time slots in a subsequent frame to remote terminals, the allocation information identifying at least one of the time slots in the subsequent frame as one of three types of contention time slots and the allocation information identifying at least another one of the time slots in the subsequent frame as being one of the three types of contention time slots, the three types of contention time slots including a real contention time slot, a dummy contention time slot, and an empty contention time slot, wherein the at least one of the time slots and the at least another one of the time slots are not identified as a same type of contention time slot;
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- transmitting the burst time plan including the allocation information.
A computer-readable storage medium storing, therein, a set of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a remote terminal in a communication system to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving a burst time plan from a hub, the burst time plan including time slot allocation information that allocates transmission time slots in a subsequent frame to remote terminals, the allocation information instructing the remote terminal to transmit dummy data in a dummy contention slot in the subsequent frame;
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- transmitting the dummy data in the dummy contention slot in the subsequent frame.
A communication system comprising:
- a hub comprising
- a burst time plan generating section to generate a burst time plan including time slot allocation information that allocates transmission time slots in a subsequent frame to remote terminals, the allocation information identifying at least one time slot in the subsequent frame as a dummy acquisition time slot assigned to at a remote terminal already acquired in the network, and
- a transmitter to transmit the burst time plan including the allocation information;
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- the remote terminal comprising
- a receiver configured to receive the burst time plan from the hub, the burst time plan including time slot allocation information that allocates transmission time slots in the subsequent frame to remote terminals, the allocation information identifying a dummy acquisition time slot in the subsequent frame as being assigned to the remote terminal, and
- a transmitter configured to transmit in the dummy acquisition time slot in the subsequent frame.
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