METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK JOINING USING A MULTIPLE MESSAGE PER TDMA CONTROL SLOT METHODOLOGY
First Claim
1. A method for transmitting network joining message packets during control slots of a time division multiple access (TDMA) frame sequence, said method comprising:
- determining a size of the network joining packet to be processed for transmission;
recognizing which slots of the TDMA frame sequence are control slots;
subdividing the control slots based on at least one of the size of the network joining packet and a data rate of a control slot queue; and
transmitting a number of the network joining message packets during the control slot of the TDMA frame sequence, the number of network joining message packets transmitted based on the subdivision of the control slots.
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Abstract
A method for transmitting network joining message packets during control slots of a time division multiple access (TDMA) frame sequence is described. The method includes determining a size of the network joining packet to be processed for transmission, recognizing which slots of the TDMA frame sequence are control slots, subdividing the control slots based on at least one of the size of the network joining packet and a data rate of a control slot queue, and transmitting a number of the network joining message packets during the control slot of the TDMA frame sequence, the number of transmitted based on the subdivision of the control slots.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for transmitting network joining message packets during control slots of a time division multiple access (TDMA) frame sequence, said method comprising:
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determining a size of the network joining packet to be processed for transmission; recognizing which slots of the TDMA frame sequence are control slots; subdividing the control slots based on at least one of the size of the network joining packet and a data rate of a control slot queue; and transmitting a number of the network joining message packets during the control slot of the TDMA frame sequence, the number of network joining message packets transmitted based on the subdivision of the control slots. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A network device comprising:
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a processor programmed with a message routing protocol, a link layer, and a media access (MAC) layer; a transmitter configured to receive network joining message packets from said processor; and an antenna operable to transit at least network joining message packets received from said transmitter, said network device programmed to transmit multiple network joining message packets during a control slot of a time division multiple access (TDMA) frame sequence. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for using the duration a control slot of a time division multiple access (TDMA) frame sequence to transmit multiple network joining message packets, said method comprising:
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determining a size of the network joining message packet to be transmitted; and calculating the number of network joining message packets that can be transmitted during a control slot based on the size of the network joining message packet and a transmission data rate associated with the TDMA frame sequence. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 34)
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