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Method and apparatus for traffic pattern dependent access coordination to a shared transmission medium

  • US 9,867,213 B2
  • Filed: 09/11/2015
  • Issued: 01/09/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2015
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Method for coordinating access to a shared transmission medium in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), comprising the steps of:

  • identifying a station associated with a first basic service set (BSS);

    determining a priority level dependent on a traffic pattern of the station based on a predetermined rule;

    assigning sets of time slots dependent on the priority level, including;

    a first set of time slots for a first priority level, anda second set of time slots for a second priority level, the second priority level being lower than the first priority level, the second set of time slots not including time slots of the first set of time slots; and

    providing stations of the first priority level access opportunity in time slots within the first set and the second set of time slots, while denying access opportunity to stations of the second priority level within the first set of time slots.

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