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MIXED-MODE MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) ON A SHARED COMMUNICATION MEDIUM

  • US 20160128130A1
  • Filed: 10/29/2015
  • Published: 05/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2014
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A communication method, comprising:

  • cycling operation of a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) between active periods and inactive periods of transmission, on a communication medium shared with a second RAT, in accordance with a Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) communication pattern;

    selecting an identifier for association with the first RAT; and

    transmitting, over the communication medium, a channel reservation message associated with the second RAT to reserve the communication medium for one of the active periods, the channel reservation message including the identifier.

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