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COMMUNICATING IN A NETWORK THAT INCLUDES A MEDIUM HAVING VARYING TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS

  • US 20100111099A1
  • Filed: 12/01/2009
  • Published: 05/06/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating in a network in which stations communicate over a shared medium, the shared medium having at least one varying channel characteristic that varies approximately periodically such that a period associated with the varying channel characteristic is approximately equal to a predetermined value, the method comprising:

  • providing repeated beacon transmissions from a coordinator station for coordinating transmissions among a plurality of the stations, wherein at least some beacon transmissions are synchronized to the varying channel characteristic; and

    transmitting from a first station to at least one receiving station during a time slot determined based on at least one of the beacon transmissions received by the first station from the coordinator station.

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