Patent ID: 9420583
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for communication utilizing a plurality of time slots over at least one channel, the method comprising: assigning, by at least one processor, at least one of the plurality of time slots for media data, wherein the at least one of the plurality of time slots assigned for the media data is periodic; assigning, by the at least one processor, at least one of remaining time slots of the plurality of time slots for non-media data, wherein the assigning of the at least one of the plurality of time slots for the media data has precedence over the assigning of the remaining time slots of the plurality of time slots for the non-media data; and sending, from a source node, at least one control packet to a destination node and to at least one relay node, wherein the at least one control packet comprises a listing, for each of the at least one relay node, of at least one of the time slots that are assigned for at least one of the media data and the non-media data to be supported by the at least one relay node.