Communicating in a network that includes a medium having...

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2006-01-23

2010-06-01

Phan, Tri H (Department: 2416)

Multiplex communications

Channel assignment techniques

Combining or distributing information via time channels...

C370S508000, C370S509000, C340S315000, C455S402000

Reexamination Certificate

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07729372

ABSTRACT:
A method and corresponding system for operating in a network in which stations communicate over a shared medium are presented. The shared medium has at least one varying channel characteristic that varies approximately periodically. The method includes providing repeated beacon transmissions from a coordinator station for coordinating transmissions among a plurality of the stations, wherein at least some beacon transmissions are synchronized to the varying channel characteristic; and transmitting from a first station to at least one receiving station during a time slot determined based on at least one of the beacon transmissions received by the first station from the coordinator station.

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