Method and apparatus for extended control over a wireless medium between two or more devices
OwnerMenzo Wentinkinventor
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Abstract
Included are embodiments for protecting a Media Access Control (MAC) layer. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving first data from a communications device, the first data being received via a wireless transmission, the first data including a first duration and associating a second duration with response data, the response data being configured to acknowledge receipt of the first data.
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A method for protecting a Media Access Control (MAC) layer, comprising:
- receiving a first communications frame from a first device at a second device, the first communication frame including a first reservation duration field indicating an amount of time equal to a first reservation duration that the wireless medium is reserved for communications between the first and second devices;
- sending a second communications frame to the first device from the second device within a time period equal to the first reservation duration, the second communications frame including a second reservation duration field indicating an amount of time equal to a second reservation duration that the wireless medium is reserved for communications between the first and second devices, the second reservation duration being greater than the first reservation duration.
A system for protecting a Media Access Control (MAC) layer, comprising:
- a first wireless device configured to wirelessly transmit a first communications frame to a second wireless device, the first communications frame including a first reservation duration field indicating an amount of time equal to a first reservation duration that the wireless medium is reserved for communications between the first and second devices;
- a second wireless device configured to wirelessly receive the first communications frame from the first wireless device, and to send a second communications frame to the first wireless device within a time period equal to the first reservation duration, the second communications frame including a second reservation duration field indicating an amount of time equal to a second reservation duration that the wireless medium is reserved for communications between the first and second devices, the second reservation duration being greater than the first reservation duration.
A computer program product, comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for protecting a Media Access Control (MAC) layer, comprising:
- receiving a first communications frame from a first device at a second device, the first communication frame including a first reservation duration field indicating an amount of time equal to a first reservation duration that the wireless medium is reserved for communications between the first and second devices;
- sending a second communications frame to the first device from the second device within a time period equal to the first reservation duration, the second communications frame including a second reservation duration field indicating an amount of time equal to a second reservation duration that the wireless medium is reserved for communications between the first and second devices, the second reservation duration being greater than the first reservation duration.
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