Media access controller for high bandwidth communication media and method of operation thereof
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1. An access control method for a medium, comprising:
- allowing first and second devices to employ a control channel defined in said medium to identify mutually available ones of a plurality of time and frequency dependent data communication elements defined in said medium; and
thereafter granting said first and second devices access to said mutually available ones to enable data communication therebetween.
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Abstract
An access control method for a medium, a media access controller and a wireless communication system incorporating the method or the controller. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) allowing first and second devices to employ a control channel defined in the medium to identify mutually available ones of a plurality of time and frequency dependent data communication elements defined in the medium and (2) thereafter granting the first and second devices access to the mutually available ones to enable data communication therebetween.
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1. An access control method for a medium, comprising:
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allowing first and second devices to employ a control channel defined in said medium to identify mutually available ones of a plurality of time and frequency dependent data communication elements defined in said medium; and thereafter granting said first and second devices access to said mutually available ones to enable data communication therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A media access controller, comprising:
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a contention controller that employs a control channel defined in said medium to identify mutually available ones of a plurality of time and frequency dependent data communication elements defined in said medium; and a data transmitter that thereafter employs said mutually available ones to enable data communication therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A wireless communication system, comprising:
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a plurality of wireless devices including first and second wireless devices; a wireless medium interconnecting said plurality of wireless devices; a control channel defined in said wireless medium; and a plurality of time and frequency dependent data communication elements defined in said wireless medium, said first and second wireless devices employing said control channel to identify mutually available ones of said plurality of time and frequency dependent data communication elements, access to said mutually available ones being thereafter granted to said first and second wireless devices to enable data communication therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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