Method for multi-channel resource reservation in a wireless mesh network

A method of contention-free multi-channel resource reservation in a wireless mesh network of a plurality of stations, the network using a Multiband Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Alliance (MBOA) physical layer (PHY) with medium access control (MAC) and Ultrawide band (UWB), said method comprising the acts of:

• selecting a first channel of a plurality of physical channels in the UWB for negotiation, reservation, and announcement, each of the plurality of stations transmitting and receiving beacons from other stations in a beacon period of the first channel;
• carrying, in a beacon, reservation information including a start time and a reservation duration;
• and
• establishing a channel access reservation by including reservation information in beacon of reserving stations and or more intended receiver stations;
• and
• providing the plurality of physical channels, wherein the providing act comprises the acts of:
• subdividing the UWB into a plurality of bands and a plurality of band groups;
• and
• applying time-frequency coding to each of the plurality of band groups
• wherein the beacons include information elements and make the plurality of stations aware of a reserved channel of the plurality of physical channels and transmission duration,
• wherein the information elements carry the reservation information including an identification of the reserved channels where a reservation is made,
• wherein during the beacon period, each station of the wireless mesh network returns to the first channel for exchanging the beacons, and reservations are not allowed during the beacon period,
• wherein reservation negotiating and announcing only occur in the first channel and does not occur in remaining channels of the plurality of physical channels, and
• wherein the reservations are valid as long as the reservation information is included in the beacons of the reserving stations and the one or more intended receiver stations.