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Ad hoc wireless communication system

  • US 7,626,966 B1
  • Filed: 01/06/2006
  • Issued: 12/01/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A handheld, mobile communication device adapted to operably couple to a plurality of mobile nodes in an ad hoc network, the device comprising:

  • a link management module for establishing a wireless communication link with at least one of the plurality of mobile nodes;

    wherein the link management module is adapted to;

    receive at least one message from the plurality of nodes, each message associated with a plurality of periodic transmission slots;

    identify one or more of the transmission slots of a plurality of transmission slots that are available for transmitting to at least one node of the plurality of mobile nodes; and

    broadcast a slot reservation request to reserve one or more of the plurality of available transmission slots; and

    a call management module adapted to;

    transmit, during the one or more reserved slot, a first set of one or more units of voice data generated at the communication device; and

    relay, during the one or more reserved slot, a second set of one or more units of voice data received from one of the plurality of mobile nodes.

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