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Method for acknowledging messages in a communication system

  • US 6,898,414 B2
  • Filed: 10/28/2002
  • Issued: 05/24/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising the steps of:

  • at a first device in a wireless system whereby the wireless system has a protocol comprising at least one superframe, wherein the at least one superframe is an interval of time between consecutive beacon messages;

    receiving a message in a first superframe;

    processing the message; and

    if the message is processed during a first time period, transmitting an acknowledgement message during a second time period, otherwise transmitting the acknowledgment message during a third time period, wherein the second time period and the third time period are exclusive of each other, and wherein the first time period, the second time period, and the third time period are in the first superframe.

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