SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (TDMA) MESH NETWORK HAVING MINIMIZED END-TO-END LATENCY
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1. A system for communicating, comprising:
- a plurality of wireless nodes forming a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) mesh network; and
each wireless node comprising a transmitter and receiver and operative for transmitting data packets across the TDMA mesh network from a source node through intermediate neighboring nodes to a destination node using a TDMA epoch such that a slot of channel time is allocated in both time and in TDMA epoch prior to a wireless node transmitting a data packet.
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Abstract
A system and method for communicating includes a plurality of wireless nodes forming a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) mesh network. Each wireless node includes a transmitter and receiver and is operative for transmitting data packets across the TDMA mesh network from a source node through intermediate nodes to a destination node using a TDMA epoch such that a slot of channel time is allocated in both time and TDMA epoch prior to a wireless node transmitting the data packet.
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1. A system for communicating, comprising:
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a plurality of wireless nodes forming a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) mesh network; and each wireless node comprising a transmitter and receiver and operative for transmitting data packets across the TDMA mesh network from a source node through intermediate neighboring nodes to a destination node using a TDMA epoch such that a slot of channel time is allocated in both time and in TDMA epoch prior to a wireless node transmitting a data packet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for communicating, comprising:
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a plurality of wireless nodes forming a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) mesh network; and each wireless node comprising a transmitter and receiver and operative for transmitting data packets across the TDMA mesh network from a source node through intermediate neighboring nodes to a destination node using a TDMA epoch such that a slot of channel time is allocated in both time and in TDMA epoch prior to a wireless node transmitting the data packet and each data packet stream has a different ordering of channel allocation in each direction for full duplex communications. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for communicating, which comprises;
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transmitting a data packet across a plurality of wireless nodes that form a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) mesh network from a source node through intermediate neighboring routes to a destination node using a TDMA epoch; and allocating in both time and TDMA epoch a slot of channel time prior to a wireless node transmitting the data packet. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for communicating, which comprises:
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transmitting a data packet across a plurality of wireless nodes that form a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) mesh network from a source node through intermediate neighboring nodes to a destination node using a TDMA epoch; allocating in both time and in TDMA epoch a slot of channel time prior to a wireless node transmitting the data packet during an allocated time slot; and ordering channel allocations for a full duplex communication. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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