Multi-user MAC protocol for a local area network

Details Multi-user MAC protocol for a local area network Multi-user MAC protocol for a local area network

2011-01-18

2011-01-18

Ryman, Daniel J (Department: 2466)

Multiplex communications

Pathfinding or routing

Switching a message which includes an address header

C370S418000, C370S462000, C370S475000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07873049

ABSTRACT:
A system comprises a station manager for associating a queue block to each active station in a network, each queue block being configured to implement a contention-based process, e.g., IEEE 802.11e, to select a winning frame from a set of frames; a multiplexer for receiving frames, each frame having a destination address, and for routing each received frame to a queue block based on the destination address; an access controller for receiving the winning frame from each queue block, for forwarding the winning frame(s) to a physical layer for simultaneous transmission to the active station(s) when the number of winning frames is equal to or below a threshold greater than one, and for forwarding a subset of the winning frames to the physical layer for simultaneous transmission to the active stations when the number of winning frames is above the threshold; and a physical layer capable of simultaneous frame transmission.

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