Multiplex communications – Communication over free space – Having a plurality of contiguous regions served by...
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-19
2011-07-19
Hsu, Alpus H (Department: 2465)
Multiplex communications
Communication over free space
Having a plurality of contiguous regions served by...
C370S348000, C370S444000, C370S448000, C455S443000, C455S452100
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07983231
ABSTRACT:
A staggered startup method and system for a cyclic prioritized multiple access (CPMA) system reduce interference between overlapping first and second wireless LAN cells contending for the same medium. Each cell includes a respective plurality of member stations. A first member station in the first cell coordinates a periodic sequence of first contention-free sessions. Each contention-free session includes multiple bursts with other member stations in the first cell. The first member station retains control of the medium by using interframe spaces sufficiently short between the bursts so that the multiple bursts appear to contending stations to be a single instance of activity in the medium during a session until an end of a session. A second member station in the second cell listens to the activity in the medium and detects an end to one of the first contention-free sessions indicated by an interval longer than a PIFS idle interval following an end to the activity in the medium. The second member station then sets a post-backoff delay to periodically transmit a minimal interval after the first contention-free sessions of the first member station. The second member station coordinates in the second cell a periodic sequence of second contention-free sessions. In this manner, contention-free sessions are interleaved on a periodic basis in the first and second cells.
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