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US 8,477,711 B2Granted
Media access control scheme for a multi-frequency TDMA network
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJohn Andrew Geiger, Thomas Clayton Mayo
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Abstract
A system for managing element management in an ad-hoc network is disclosed. The system employs a TDD/FDD communication protocol to allocate assignment of time/frequency slots to individual system elements. Time/frequency assignment is based on desired communication standards in conjunction with geographic mapping of adjacent stations to prevent interference between stations.
Claims10
A base system comprising:
- a transceiving system for receiving information from, and transmitting information to, at least one other base station and a plurality of remote devices;
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- an apparatus in communication with the transceiving system and configured for determining a communication allocation to select ones of the plurality of remote devices, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor in communication with a memory, the memory including code which when accessed by the processor causes the processor to:
- obtain an available communication allocation from a reservation map of communication allocations associated with the base station, wherein the communication allocation comprises allocation of at least one frequency and at least one associated time slot;
- receive a communication allocation mapping of each of the least one other base stations operating in cooperation with the base station;
- determine a suitability of the obtained available communication allocation in view of communication allocations among the received communication allocation mappings;
- provide an indication within the reservation map for indicating an assignment of the available communication allocation when the obtained available communication is determined to be suitable;
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- provide an updated reservation map to each of the cooperating base stations;
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- wherein a determination to register one of the plurality of the remote devices for receiving information from the base station is carried out at the remote device.
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A method for determining a communication allocation among a plurality of base stations and remote terminals, the method comprising:
- receiving communication allocation information from cooperating ones of the plurality
- obtaining an available communication allocation from a reservation map of communication allocations, wherein the communication allocation comprises allocation of at least one frequency and at least one associated time slot,
- determining a suitability of the obtained available communication allocation in view of the received communication allocation information;
- providing an indication in the reservation map indicating an assignment of the obtained available communication allocation when the obtained available communication is determined to be suitable;
- providing an updated reservation map to each of the cooperating base stations;
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- identifying a selected one of the base stations for registering a remote terminal and transferring information to the remote terminal via a decision carried out at the remote terminal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.