After transmission return signal
AssigneeCopperGate Communications Ltd.
InventorsIlan Rozen, Ran Kern, Reuven Franco, Aharona Lurie
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Abstract
A method includes transmitting a next transmission after an inter-frame period after a previous transmission, wherein the inter-frame period is long enough to allow a return signal responding to the previous transmission. A network device includes a receiver to receive a transmission from a source device and a transmitter at least to transmit a return signal to the source device indicating successful receipt or lack thereof of the transmission during a return period forming part of an inter-frame period after the transmission.
Claims36
A network device comprising:
- a receiver on a target device to receive a transmission from a source device;
- a transmitter at least to transmit a return signal to said source device during at least one return period forming part of an inter-frame period after said transmission, said inter-frame period having an inter-frame gap and each said at least one return period being not longer than said inter-frame gap;
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- a R/NR (received/not received) unit to instruct said transmitter to transmit said return signal during one said return period to indicate a return type for said return signal, wherein said return type is indicated as one of received and non received on said target device by said return period in which said return signal is transmitted.
A method comprising:
- receiving on a target device a transmission from a source device;
- determining an appropriate return period within an inter-frame period associated with said transmission, wherein transmitting a return signal during said return period indicates that said transmission was one of received and non received on said target device, and wherein said inter-frame period has an inter-frame gap and each said appropriate return period is not longer than said inter-frame gap;
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- transmitting a return signal to said source device during said determined return period.
A network device comprising:
- a transmitter on a source device to transmit a transmission of at least one transmission frame to at least one target device;
- a transmission buffer to store a copy of said transmission;
- a receiver to listen for at least one return signal to be received from said at least one target device during at least one return period of an inter-frame period associated with a completion of said transmission, said inter-frame period having an inter-frame gap and each said return period being not longer than said inter-frame gap, wherein a return type for said return signal is indicated as one of received and non received in accordance with said return period in which said return signal is received;
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- a R/NR unit to instruct said transmission buffer to process said stored copy according said return type.
A method comprising:
- on a source device, transmitting a transmission of at least one transmission frame to at least one target device;
- storing a copy of said transmission in a transmission buffer;
- listening for a return signal during at least one return period of an inter-frame period associated with a completion of said transmission, wherein said return period in which said return signal is received indicates its return type as one of received and non received, and wherein said inter-frame period has an inter-frame gap and each said return period is not longer than said inter-frame gap;
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- instructing said transmission buffer to process said stored copy according to said return type.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.