Channel-occupancy efficient, low power wireless networking

A communications device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory comprising computer-readable code that, when executed by the processor, causes a device to:
• receive a keyset packet at a client of a plurality of clients from a master during an interval, the keyset packet including an aggregate of current client data, wherein the interval is a member of the group consisting of:
• a beacon interval and a coordination transmission interval;
• send a key packet from the client to the master during the interval, the key packet including new data from the client, the new data updating the current client data received in the keyset packet, wherein the client contends for a shared wireless medium to send the key packet;
• and
• enter an idle state for a duration of the interval after sending the key packet.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code for wireless communication by a device that, when executed by one or more processors of the device, causes the device to:

• receive a keyset packet at a client of a plurality of clients from a master during an interval, the keyset packet including an aggregate of current client data, wherein the interval is a member of the group consisting of:
• a beacon interval and a coordination transmission interval;
• send a key packet from the client to the master during the interval, the key packet including new data from the client, the new data updating the current client data received in the keyset packet, wherein the client contends for a shared wireless medium to send the key packet;
• and
• enter an idle state for a duration of the interval after sending the key packet.