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TIME SLOT SELECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

  • US 20160198460A1
  • Filed: 07/31/2014
  • Published: 07/07/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for communicating messages in a channel of a wireless communication network based on a time division multiple access protocol, where successive cycles, each of which comprising a predetermined number of successive time slots, are defined in the channel, the method comprising:

  • obtaining a first list of neighboring nodes within the network before a first qth time slot;

    broadcasting a first message in the first qth time slot;

    receiving acknowledge information from the neighboring nodes for one cycle after the first qth time slot;

    obtaining a second list of neighboring nodes within the network after the first qth time slot; and

    determining whether one or more qth time slots are proper for communicating messages by a first node by checking whether all nodes on both the first and the second lists have received the first message based on the received acknowledge information, where each portion of the acknowledgement information indicates whether a corresponding node has received the first message.

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