Medium reservation announcement
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsTheodorus J. J. Denteneer, Guido R. Hiertz, Bernhard Walke
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Abstract
In wireless meshes, mesh points announce reservation of the wireless medium in beacon frame. Each mesh point determines scheduled reservation of the medium for transmission of the future beacon frames and scheduled reservations of the medium for data communication with the station The station further aggregates the reservations into a single element: an medium occupation element and integrates this element into the beacon frame for future transmission to nearby mesh points.
Claims12
A method for announcing reservation of a wireless medium in a wireless network, the method comprising:
- determining beacon timing information regarding a reservation of the medium for transmission of a beacon frame by a station in the network and reservation timing information regarding a reservation of the medium for data communication with the station;
- aggregating the beacon timing information and reservation timing information into a medium occupation element;
- including the medium occupation element in a plurality of information elements which comprise a beacon frame;
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- transmitting the beacon frame.
A station in a wireless network, comprising:
- a processing unit configured to determine beacon timing information regarding a reservation of the medium for transmission of a beacon frame by the station and reservation timing information regarding a reservation of the medium for data communication with the station, aggregate the beacon timing information and reservation timing information into a medium occupation element, and include the medium occupation element in a plurality of information elements which comprise a beacon frame;
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- a transmitter configured to broadcast the beacon frame.
A wireless network comprising a plurality of stations, each station comprising:
- a processing unit configured to determine beacon timing information regarding a reservation of the medium for transmission of a beacon frame by the station and reservation timing information regarding a reservation of the medium for data communication with the station, aggregate the beacon timing information and reservation timing information into a medium occupation element, and include the medium occupation element in a plurality of information elements which comprise a beacon frame;
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- a transmitter configured to transmit the beacon frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.