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FLEXIBLE ASSIGNMENT OF SCHEDULED AND REQUEST TRANSMISSIONS

  • US 20090141680A1
  • Filed: 11/21/2008
  • Published: 06/04/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for communicating using a shared communication medium involving a plurality of nodes, the method comprising:

  • (a) sending a first request over the shared communication medium from a first node in the plurality of nodes, the shared communication medium organized to include signal space comprising request signal space and transmission signal space, the request signal space and the transmission signal space having different locations within the signal space, wherein the request signal space includes request segments and the transmission signal space includes transmission segments, the first request occupying a portion of a transmission segment;

    (b) receiving an assignment associating the first request with a transmission segment, the assignment taking into account location of the portion of the transmission segment within the transmission signal space; and

    (c) from the first node, sending a data transmission in the transmission segment associated with the first request in accordance with the assignment.

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