Multiplex communications – Communication techniques for information carried in plural... – Combining or distributing information via time channels
Reexamination Certificate
2009-03-02
2011-12-06
Yao, Kwang B (Department: 2473)
Multiplex communications
Communication techniques for information carried in plural...
Combining or distributing information via time channels
C370S311000, C370S324000, C370S326000, C370S395420
Reexamination Certificate
active
08073014
ABSTRACT:
During each node's awake period, each node multicasts the relative time or slot of their next awake period (beaconing interval) to all neighboring nodes. This enables each node to intelligently and independently schedule the time slot of its next transmission based on the beaconing intervals of the nodes it has heard from. During each active (awake) interval, a node builds statistics of the future transmission/receive times of its neighbors and uses them to determine its next transmission time. In one proposed implementation, at the end of an active interval, a node picks the time slot with the highest counter for its next transmission. In another proposed implementation, at the end of an active interval, a node picks one of the slots with a weighted probability; the weight of each slot is proportional with the value of the counter associated with the slot.
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Carbunar Bogdan O.
Mohapatra Shivajit
Pearce Michael D.
Rittle Loren J
Vasudevan Venugopal
Kao Jutai
Motorola Mobility, Inc.
Yao Kwang B
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