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COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK

  • US 20090180452A1
  • Filed: 01/12/2009
  • Published: 07/16/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communication method for a terminal in a wireless sensor network using a contention-based channel access mechanism, comprising:

  • initializing a contention window to a known size, when a packet transmission is required;

    resetting the size of the contention window in a hybrid expansion mode, when a channel is assessed to be busy; and

    attempting the packet transmission through the channel, when the channel is assessed to be idle.

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