Patent ID: 11929935
Assignee: LANDIS+GYR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A node of a networked system, comprising:
a processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions; and
a memory configured to store the computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
transmitting, in a first beacon slot, a first time synchronization beacon signal;
determining a transmission time to transmit data in a transmission queue;
determining an amount of time until commencement of a second beacon slot for a time synchronization beacon signal from the node or another node of a mesh communication network, wherein the amount of time is less than a time period between the first beacon slot and the second beacon slot; and
determining that the transmission time amount is greater than the amount of time until commencement of the second beacon slot;
fragmenting the data into a first portion and a second portion, wherein a transmission time to transmit the first portion is less than the amount of time until commencement of the second beacon slot;
transmitting the first portion of the data;
pausing transmission of the data in the transmission queue until completion of the second beacon slot; and
transmitting the second portion of the data after the completion of the second beacon slot.