Managing contention-free time allocations in a network
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1. A method for communicating between stations in a network, the method comprising:
- providing repeated beacon transmissions from a coordinator station for coordinating transmissions among a plurality of the stations;
transmitting from a first station to a second station during a time slot assigned to the first station by at least one of the beacon transmissions; and
transmitting from the first station information that grants permission to the second station to transmit during at least a portion of a time slot assigned to the first station.
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Abstract
A method and corresponding system for communicating between stations in a network are presented. The method includes providing repeated beacon transmissions from a coordinator station for coordinating transmissions among a plurality of the stations; transmitting from a first station to a second station during a time slot assigned to the first station by at least one of the beacon transmissions; and transmitting from the first station information that grants permission to the second station to transmit during at least a portion of a time slot assigned to the first station.
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1. A method for communicating between stations in a network, the method comprising:
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providing repeated beacon transmissions from a coordinator station for coordinating transmissions among a plurality of the stations; transmitting from a first station to a second station during a time slot assigned to the first station by at least one of the beacon transmissions; and transmitting from the first station information that grants permission to the second station to transmit during at least a portion of a time slot assigned to the first station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for communicating between stations, the system comprising:
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a coordinator station configured to provide repeated beacon transmissions for coordinating transmissions among a plurality of the stations; and a first station configured to transmit to a second station during a time slot assigned to the first station by at least one of the beacon transmissions; and transmit information that grants permission to the second station to transmit during at least a portion of a time slot assigned to the first station.
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