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Techniques enabling dynamic bandwidth reservation in a wireless personal area network

  • US 8,824,422 B2
  • Filed: 08/21/2008
  • Issued: 09/02/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • a transceiver operable in a wireless personal area network configured to communicate with a coordinator and at least one receiver, wherein said transceiver and said coordinator use a dynamic reservation of free channel time blocks for directional transmissions; and

    said Coordinator allocating a part or a whole of unreserved channel time blocks for a directional link during a handshake with said transceiver;

    wherein the handshake precedes the unreserved channel time blocks and a reserved time block precedes the handshake.

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