Distributed medium access protocol for wireless mesh networks

Details Distributed medium access protocol for wireless mesh networks Distributed medium access protocol for wireless mesh networks

2006-05-05

2010-10-26

Patel, Jayanti K (Department: 2465)

Multiplex communications

Communication over free space

Combining or distributing information via time channels

C370S328000, C370S329000, C370S443000, C370S459000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07822009

ABSTRACT:
A system for data communication in a wireless mesh network that comprises a wired gateway, and a plurality of nodes stationary with respect to each other being disposed in a pattern including at least one path, each of the plurality of nodes located in the at least one path having a transmission range overlapped with that of an immediate adjacent node located in the at least one path, further comprising a node connected to the wired gateway, and an end node located at one end of the at least one path remote from the gateway-connected node, wherein each of a subset of the plurality of nodes, wherein said subset excludes the gateway connected node and the end node, operates in one of a first state in which a first node of the subset is ready to transmit a data frame, a second state at which a second node in the subset is prohibited from transmitting or receiving a data frame and a third state at which a third node in the subset is ready to receive a data frame.

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