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Extensions to distributed MAC protocols with collision avoidance using RTS/CTS exchange

  • US 5,844,905 A
  • Filed: 07/09/1996
  • Issued: 12/01/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/09/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An improved communications network having a plurality of stations and a shared common communications medium using a collision avoidance media access protocol for communication between said stations, in which medium access is granted to a pair of stations obtaining a successful reservation of said medium, said pair of stations comprising a requester station and a target station, said requester station comprising a primary station, and said target station comprising a secondary station, wherein said primary station coordinates communication to said secondary station, the improvement comprising:

  • means for interchanging roles of said primary and secondary stations within said reservation, wherein said primary station becomes a secondary station and said secondary station becomes a primary station for communication therebetween.

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