Method for avoiding congestion in a data network with transmitting devices such as modems communicating with satellites by statistically modifying the transmission slot of the devices
First Claim
1. A method for transmitting data from a population of devices to a relay station travelling with respect to one another, each device having a transmission window and at least one transmission slot resulting from a channel access method, said relay station travelling within said transmission windows, the method comprising:
- broadcasting, via said relay station, an instruction to said population of devices before said data transmission, wherein said instruction is to cause a division of said population of devices into at least two groups of devices, and at least one of said groups of devices has a modified transmission slot for transmitting said data to said relay station; and
setting, via at least part of said population of devices sets and upon receiving said instruction, the modified transmission slot,wherein;
said channel access method is TDMA and said setting of said modified transmission slot comprises at least one selected from replacing an actual device position for a virtual device position, modifying a transmission slot length, modifying a transmission slot start, modifying a transmission slot end, interrupting a transmission slot, and a combination thereof,said relay station has a data receiving capacity, and said modified transmission slot is set for statistically distributing said data transmission of said population of devices for matching said data receiving capacity, andsaid setting of said modified transmission slot is derived from simulating transmission scenarios using a density model of said population of devices.
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Abstract
A method for transmitting data from a population of devices to a relay station travelling with respect to one another. For transmitting the data to the relay station, each device includes at least one transmission slot resulting from a channel access method and a transmission window within which the relay station is to travel. The relay station is to broadcast an instruction to the population of devices before the data transmission, and, upon receiving the instruction, at least part of the population of devices is to set a modified transmission slot.
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1. A method for transmitting data from a population of devices to a relay station travelling with respect to one another, each device having a transmission window and at least one transmission slot resulting from a channel access method, said relay station travelling within said transmission windows, the method comprising:
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broadcasting, via said relay station, an instruction to said population of devices before said data transmission, wherein said instruction is to cause a division of said population of devices into at least two groups of devices, and at least one of said groups of devices has a modified transmission slot for transmitting said data to said relay station; and setting, via at least part of said population of devices sets and upon receiving said instruction, the modified transmission slot, wherein; said channel access method is TDMA and said setting of said modified transmission slot comprises at least one selected from replacing an actual device position for a virtual device position, modifying a transmission slot length, modifying a transmission slot start, modifying a transmission slot end, interrupting a transmission slot, and a combination thereof, said relay station has a data receiving capacity, and said modified transmission slot is set for statistically distributing said data transmission of said population of devices for matching said data receiving capacity, and said setting of said modified transmission slot is derived from simulating transmission scenarios using a density model of said population of devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system, comprising:
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a relay station; and a population of devices for transmitting data to at least one relay station, said relay station and said population of devices travelling with respect to one another, wherein; each of said population of devices has a transmission window and at least one transmission slot resulting from a channel access method for transmitting said data to said relay station, said relay station is adapted for broadcasting an instruction to said population of devices when it travels within said transmission windows and before said data transmission, said instruction to cause a division of said population of devices into at least two groups of devices, and at least one of said groups of devices has a modified transmission slot for transmitting said data to said relay station, said devices of said population of devices are adapted for setting the modified transmission slot in response to said instruction, said channel access method is TDMA and said setting of said modified transmission slot comprises at least one selected from replacing an actual device position for a virtual device position, modifying a transmission slot length, modifying a transmission slot start, modifying a transmission slot end, interrupting a transmission slot, and a combination thereof, said relay station has a data receiving capacity, and said modified transmission slot is set for statistically distributing said data transmission of said population of devices for matching said data receiving capacity, and said setting of said modified transmission slot is derived from simulating transmission scenarios using a density model of said population of devices.
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