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US 2014/0369339 A1Published application
Allocation slot arrangement for wireless body area networks with sensor initiated grant extensions
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsMohammad Nekoui, Rongsheng Huang, Lichung Chu
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Abstract
Allocation slot arrangement is provided for wireless body area networks (BANs). In particular, in some embodiments the allocation slots are arranged based on a set of rules and received input parameters. Allocation slot arrangement may comprise maximizing a weighted sum function computed by applying the rules and input parameters to all nodes over all possible arrangements.
Claims29
A method of arranging allocation slots for nodes in a body area network (BAN), comprising:
- receiving a set of input parameters;
- setting rules that a BAN node must follow in the BAN network;
- and
- selecting an allocation slot arrangement based on the input parameters and rules.
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A network device programmed to perform a method of allocation slot arrangement in a body area network (BAN), the method comprising:
- receiving a set of input parameters;
- setting rules that a BAN node must follow in the BAN network;
- and
- selecting an allocation slot arrangement based on the input parameters and rules.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.