Patent ID: 9338659
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for communicating, by a first node included in a body area network communicating with at least one neighboring second node, the method comprising: transmitting or receiving data to or from at least one neighboring second node connected to the first node during a first time period in a super-frame; broadcasting a portion of first time sharing information of the first node to the at least one neighboring second node during a second time period within the super-frame; receiving second time sharing information transmitted from the at least one neighboring second node after the second time period within the super-frame; and adjusting a length of the super-frame or an inactive duration using the second time sharing information, wherein the second time period is placed after the first time period and before a contention access period (CAP) in a sequential arrangement.