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MANAGING DISTRIBUTED ACCESS TO A SHARED MEDIUM

  • US 20080279126A1
  • Filed: 05/09/2008
  • Published: 11/13/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for communicating between stations in a network, the method comprising:

  • coordinating among a plurality of the stations according to a distributed protocol to select a first station to transmit over a shared medium; and

    transmitting between the first station and a second station over the shared medium during a time period in which stations other than the first and second stations refrain from transmitting over the shared medium, including transmitting from the first station information that grants permission to the second station to transmit during the time period.

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