TRAFFIC-AWARE SLOT ASSIGNMENT
First Claim
1. An apparatus of a wireless device configured to operate as a node in a multi-hop wireless network comprising a plurality of nodes, the apparatus, comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to;
decode signaling, received from a node of the multi-hop network, to determine an indication of a change to a topology of the multi-hop network; and
in response to a determination, from the decoded signaling, of an addition of a second node to the multi-hop network topology;
increment a total of a number of descendant nodes; and
allocate at least one transmission slot to a number of unused slots in one or more transmission opportunity regions of a slotframe, wherein the slotframe includes a repeating pattern of one or more transmission opportunity periods for a plurality of nodes in the network; and
a storage element configured to store the total of the number of descendant nodes.
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Abstract
Aspects of traffic aware slot assignment are described, for example, in a multi-hop wireless network comprising a plurality of nodes. In some aspects, an apparatus of a wireless device is configured to decode signaling, received from a node of the multi-hop network, to determine an indication of a change to a topology of the multi-hop network. The apparatus is further configured to, in response to a determination, from the decoded signaling, of an addition of a second node to the multi-hop network topology, increment a total of a number of descendant nodes, and allocate one or more transmission slots to a number of unused slots in one or more transmission opportunity regions of a slotframe, wherein the slotframe includes a repeating pattern of one or more transmission opportunity periods for a plurality of nodes in the network.
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35 Claims
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1. An apparatus of a wireless device configured to operate as a node in a multi-hop wireless network comprising a plurality of nodes, the apparatus, comprising:
processing circuitry configured to; decode signaling, received from a node of the multi-hop network, to determine an indication of a change to a topology of the multi-hop network; and in response to a determination, from the decoded signaling, of an addition of a second node to the multi-hop network topology; increment a total of a number of descendant nodes; and allocate at least one transmission slot to a number of unused slots in one or more transmission opportunity regions of a slotframe, wherein the slotframe includes a repeating pattern of one or more transmission opportunity periods for a plurality of nodes in the network; and a storage element configured to store the total of the number of descendant nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer-readable hardware storage device that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a station (STA), the instructions to configure the one or more processors to:
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decode signaling, received from a node of the multi-hop network, to determine an indication of a change to a topology of the multi-hop network; and in response to a determination, from the decoded signaling, of an addition of a second node to the multi-hop network topology; increment a total of a number of descendant nodes; and allocate at least one transmission slot to a number of unused slots in one or more transmission opportunity regions of a slotframe, wherein the slotframe includes a repeating pattern of one or more transmission opportunity periods for a plurality of nodes in the network. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system comprising at least one station (STA) configured to operate as a node in a multi-hop wireless network comprising a plurality of nodes, the STA configured to:
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decode signaling, received from a node of the multi-hop network, to determine an indication of a change to a topology of the multi-hop network; in response to a determination, from the decoded signaling, of an addition of a second node to the multi-hop network topology; increment a total of a number of descendant nodes; and allocate at least one transmission slot to a number of unused slots in one or more transmission opportunity regions of a slotframe, wherein the slotframe includes a repeating pattern of one or more transmission opportunity periods for a plurality of nodes in the network; and in response to a determination, from the indication of the change to the topology, a removal of the second node from the multi-hop network topology; deallocate the transmission slot from the one or more transmission opportunity regions of the slotframe; and decrement the total of the number of descendant nodes.
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