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Techniques enabling dynamic bandwidth reservation in a wireless personal area network

  • US 9,572,157 B2
  • Filed: 09/03/2013
  • Issued: 02/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • a transceiver capable of operating in a wireless personal area network, wherein the transceiver is configured toreceive, during a first period of a handshake sequence, a request for a reserved time for a directional link in the wireless personal area network, wherein the handshake sequence has a start time corresponding to initiation of the first period;

    transmit, during a second period of the handshake sequence, using omni-directional transmission, a grant message indicative of a grant of the reserved time for the directional link in response to the request, the second period after the first period; and

    schedule at least part of the reserved time for other directional links, at least one of the other directional links being non-interfering with the directional link;

    wherein the request, the grant message, and the reserved time all occur between two consecutive beacons transmitted by the apparatus, andwherein the handshake sequence has an end time prior to a start time of the reserved time.

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