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US 2014/0177684 A1Published application
Rapid Acknowledgement of Radio Transmissions for Energy Minimization
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorMichael Sleator
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InventorMichael Sleator
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The disclosure relates to a transmission scheme for nodes in a network. More specifically, the disclosure relates to an acknowledgment scheme that minimizes energy requirements for an acknowledgment of a transmission between nodes. The disclosure describes that an energy constrained node may transmit to other nodes in a network and may only require that an acknowledgment of that transmission is received from at least one of the proximal recipients, which may or may not be the ultimate target. In order to minimize the complexity of the receiver in a node and its energy requirements, the acknowledgment scheme may employ simple on-off keying (irrespective of the modulation technique of the sending transmission. The acknowledgment comprises a series of OOK pulses sent at a specified time after receipt of the transmission. In addition, simultaneously received acknowledgments can be processed and verified without confusion.
A method of acknowledging a transmission between nodes in a network with an acknowledgment employing an amplitude modulation of a radio frequency, comprising:
A method of acknowledging a transmission between nodes in a network with an acknowledgment employing an amplitude modulation of a radio frequency, comprising:
A node among a plurality of nodes in a network, each node acknowledging receipt of a transmission with an acknowledgment employing an amplitude modulation of a radio frequency, comprising:
A node in a network receiving an acknowledgment in response to a transmission, the acknowledgment employing an amplitude modulation of a radio frequency, comprising:
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