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Method and system for reliable broadcast or multicast communication in wireless networks

  • US 20070268868A1
  • Filed: 05/10/2007
  • Published: 11/22/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of communicating information over a wireless channel in a communication system including a coordinator and receivers, comprising the steps of:

  • 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 scheduled acknowledgments for the data packet from one or more of the receivers.

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