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METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS TO COORDINATE COMMUNICATIONS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK

  • US 20130279382A1
  • Filed: 12/29/2012
  • Published: 10/24/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to coordinate transmissions of devices on a wireless network, the method comprising:

  • determining, by a first communications device, a time slot schedule between beacon frame transmissions;

    generating, by the first communications device, a first beacon frame indicating the time slot schedule;

    transmitting, by the first communications device, the first beacon frame;

    generating, by the first communications device, a first synch frame unless a communications channel is busy; and

    transmitting, by the first communications device, the synch frame at a slot boundary between beacon frame transmissions unless the communications channel is busy.

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