Multiplex communications – Communication over free space – Combining or distributing information via time channels
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-05
2011-04-05
Thier, Michael T (Department: 2617)
Multiplex communications
Communication over free space
Combining or distributing information via time channels
C370S349000, C455S458000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07920540
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for communicating information over a wireless channel in a communication system including a coordinator and receivers, involves controlling channel access by dividing a contention-free period (CFP) into one or more schedules, wherein each schedule includes one or more periodical channel time blocks (CTBs) for wireless communication, reserving a CTB for reliable broadcast or multicast (ReBoM) communication of a data packet over the channel, transmitting the data packet from the coordinator over the channel during the reserved CTB, and receiving one or more acknowledgments for the data packet from one or more of the receivers. The data packet includes a header comprising ReBoM information indicating a multi-CTB ReBoM communication sequence for the data packet or a single-CTB ReBoM communication sequence for the data packet.
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Ngo Chiu
Shao Huai-Rong
Singh Harkirat
Myers Andras Sherman & Zarrabian LLP
Samsung Electronics Co,. Ltd.
Sherman, Esq. Kenneth L.
Thier Michael T
Zarrabian, Esq. Michael
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