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Signaling in a wireless network with sequential coordinated channel access

  • US 20060034219A1
  • Filed: 08/11/2004
  • Published: 02/16/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for signaling in a channel of a network including a plurality of stations and an access point connected by a wireless channel, comprising:

  • requesting, by a station, access to a channel using a sequential coordinated channel access method of an access point;

    receiving, in the station, permission to access the channel during a contention free period at a time corresponding to a sequence index value received by the station from the access point;

    transmitting, by the station, a resource request message to the access point to obtain a bandwidth allocation from the access point;

    receiving from the access point a resource allocation message including the bandwidth allocation; and

    transmitting data during the contention free period according to the bandwidth allocation.

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