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Self-aligning backhaul system, method and apparatus

  • US 20020075835A1
  • Filed: 12/20/2000
  • Published: 06/20/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for controlling access to a shared channel, the shared channel being accessed by a plurality of access point (AP) stations in order to communicate over a first network with a central node (CN) serving the AP stations (APs), the CN corresponding to a point of entry into a wired network, wherein the AP and the CN comprise, respectively, AP logic and CN logic that enable access instants in communicating between the APs and CNs to be automatically re-aligned in response to changes in bandwidth utilization in the network without requiring that any AP inform any other AP of the changes in the network.

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