Method for informing the availability of reception of traffics and a method for determination of active or inactive state in wireless communication networks using contention based distributed MAC
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1. A method for informing a reception mode of a prioritized contention access (PCA) traffic of a wireless device of a wireless network, the method comprising:
- the wireless device determining between one of a first reception mode and a second reception mode, in the first reception mode the wireless device being available or unavailable to receive the PCA traffic depending on a priority information received by the wireless device during a beacon period, in the second reception mode the wireless device being available to receive the PCA traffic regardless of the priority information received during the beacon period; and
the wireless device broadcasting a reception mode information about the determined one of the first reception mode and the second reception mode over the network.
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A method for informing an availability of traffics of a wireless device configuring a wireless network. The method includes: broadcasting one of a first reception mode and a reception mode over the network. In the first reception mode, the wireless device is available or unavailable to receive the traffic depending on an information received by the wireless device during a beacon period, and in the second reception mode, the wireless device is available to receive the traffic regardless of whether the information is received.
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1. A method for informing a reception mode of a prioritized contention access (PCA) traffic of a wireless device of a wireless network, the method comprising:
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the wireless device determining between one of a first reception mode and a second reception mode, in the first reception mode the wireless device being available or unavailable to receive the PCA traffic depending on a priority information received by the wireless device during a beacon period, in the second reception mode the wireless device being available to receive the PCA traffic regardless of the priority information received during the beacon period; and the wireless device broadcasting a reception mode information about the determined one of the first reception mode and the second reception mode over the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for informing a reception mode of a prioritized contention access (PCA) traffic of a wireless device of a wireless network, the method comprising:
- the wireless device broadcasting a reception mode information indicating whether the wireless device is in a first reception mode or in a second reception mode, in the first reception mode the wireless device being available or unavailable to receive the PCA traffic depending on a priority information received by the wireless device during a beacon period, in the second reception mode, the wireless device being available to receive the PCA traffic regardless of the priority information received.
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14. A method for informing an availability of reception of prioritized contention access (PCA) traffic of a wireless device which configures a wireless network using a contention based distributed medium access control, the method comprising:
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the wireless device determining between one of a first reception mode and a second reception mode, in the first reception mode the wireless device being available or unavailable to receive the PCA traffic depending on a priority information received by the wireless device during a beacon period, in the second reception mode the wireless device being available to receive the PCA traffic regardless of the priority information received during the beacon period; and the wireless device broadcasting a reception mode information about a determined one of the first reception mode and the second reception mode. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A method for informing an availability of reception of prioritized contention access (PCA) traffic of a wireless device which configures a wireless network, the method comprising:
the wireless device broadcasting a reception mode information indicating whether the wireless device is in a first reception mode or in a second reception mode over the network, in the first reception mode the wireless device being available or unavailable to receive the PCA traffic depending on priority information received by the wireless device during a beacon period, in the second reception mode, the wireless device being available to receive the PCA traffic regardless of the priority information received during the beacon period. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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