MOBILE AD HOC NETWORK WITH DYNAMIC TDMA SLOT ASSIGNMENTS AND RELATED METHODS
First Claim
1. A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) comprising:
- a plurality of mobile nodes each comprising a wireless transceiver and a controller cooperating therewith and configured tooperate in a geographic area using a time division multiple access (TDMA) protocol and based upon a TDMA epoch including TDMA time slots, anddynamically divide into a plurality of first type mobile nodes and a plurality of second type mobile nodes based upon a current topologic density in the topologic area relative to a topological density threshold so that each first type mobile node has a periodic TDMA time slot allocated in the TDMA epoch and so that each second type mobile node contends for contention interval TDMA time slots in the TDMA epoch.
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Abstract
A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) may include mobile nodes, each having a wireless transceiver and a controller cooperating with wireless transceiver. The controller may be configured to operate in a geographic area using a time division multiple access (TDMA) protocol and based upon a TDMA epoch including TDMA time slots. The controller may also be configured to dynamically divide into first type mobile nodes and second type mobile nodes based upon a current topologic density in the topologic area relative to a topological density threshold so that each first type mobile node has a periodic TDMA time slot allocated in the TDMA epoch and so that each second type mobile node contends for contention interval TDMA time slots in the TDMA epoch.
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23 Claims
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1. A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) comprising:
a plurality of mobile nodes each comprising a wireless transceiver and a controller cooperating therewith and configured to operate in a geographic area using a time division multiple access (TDMA) protocol and based upon a TDMA epoch including TDMA time slots, and dynamically divide into a plurality of first type mobile nodes and a plurality of second type mobile nodes based upon a current topologic density in the topologic area relative to a topological density threshold so that each first type mobile node has a periodic TDMA time slot allocated in the TDMA epoch and so that each second type mobile node contends for contention interval TDMA time slots in the TDMA epoch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) comprising:
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a plurality of mobile nodes each comprising a wireless transceiver and a controller cooperating therewith and configured to operate in a geographic area using a time division multiple access (TDMA) protocol and based upon a TDMA epoch including TDMA time slots, and dynamically divide into a plurality of first type mobile nodes and a plurality of second type mobile nodes based upon a current topologic density in the topologic area relative to a topological density threshold so that each first type mobile node has a periodic TDMA time slot allocated in the TDMA epoch, so that each second type mobile node contends for contention interval TDMA time slots in the TDMA epoch, and so that each second type mobile node has at least one first type mobile node within one hop; said plurality of second type mobile nodes configured to communicate based upon at least one shared TDMA time slot in the TDMA epoch. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of communicating in a mobile ad hoc network (MANET) having a plurality of mobile nodes and being in a geographic area, the MANET using a time division multiple access (TDMA) protocol based upon a TDMA epoch including TDMA time slots, the method comprising:
dynamically dividing into a plurality of first type mobile nodes and a plurality of second type mobile nodes based upon a current topologic density in the topologic area relative to a topological density threshold so that each first type mobile node has a periodic TDMA time slot allocated in the TDMA epoch and so that each second type mobile node contends for contention interval TDMA time slots in the TDMA epoch. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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