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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING ON A MULTI-CHANNEL WIRELINE MEDIUM WITH COLOCATED TRANSCEIVERS

  • US 20090279565A1
  • Filed: 05/09/2008
  • Published: 11/12/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising the step of:

  • operating an access point including a transmitter and a receiver both compliant to a wireless protocol for use with a wireline medium, further comprising the steps of;

    directing said transmitter to send a beacon and a schedule on said wireline medium to initiate a time division multiple access sequence of uplink frames and downlink frames;

    signaling other access points and moving ahead said schedule in response to a first determination that one of said uplink frames needs no upload; and

    signaling other access points and moving ahead said schedule in response to a second determination that one of said downlink frames needs no download.

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