Baseband wireless network for isochronous communication

A wireless communication network system comprising:

• (a) at least three transceivers, one of which is structured and configured as a master device to manage data transmission between said transceivers;
• (b) a transmitter in each said transceiver;
• (c) a receiver in each said transceiver;
• and
• (d) a time division multiple access frame structure having a master slot, a command slot, and a plurality of data slots.

A wireless communication network system comprising:

• (a) at least three transceivers, one of which is structured and configured as a master device to manage data transmission between said transceivers;
• (b) a transmitter in each said transceiver;
• (c) a receiver in each said transceiver;
• and
• (d) a Medium Access Control unit comprising a Physical layer interface, a multiplexer/demultiplexer unit operatively coupled to said Physical layer interface, a plurality of slot allocation units operatively coupled to said multiplexer/demultiplexer unit, an interface to higher level protocols operatively coupled to said plurality of slot allocation units.

A method for providing wireless network communication comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a master transceiver;
• (b) providing a plurality of slave transceivers in communication with said master transceiver;
• (c) synchronizing said slave transceivers with said master transceiver;
• (d) providing a Medium Access Control protocol which is executed in said master transceiver and in said slave transceivers, said protocol including a Time Division Multiple Access frame definition having a master slot, a command slot, a plurality of variable length data slots;
• (e) requesting a data slot from said master transceiver by a source slave transceiver;
• (f) assigning to said source slave transceiver an assigned data slot by said master transceiver;
• and
• (g) after said assigning step, transferring data in said assigned data slot, by said source slave transceiver, to a target slave transceiver, said data transferring carried out without intervention from said master transceiver.