Patent ID: 9402269
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium with instructions stored therein which upon execution instruct at least one processor to: generate a MAC superframe format for a wireless network, the MAC superframe format including a reserved channel access (RCA) period that is allocated exclusively to one or more simple devices for transfer or receipt of payload data within a beaconing group, the MAC superframe further comprising a distributed reservation protocol (DRP) period and a prioritized contention access (PCA) protocol period that are accessible by devices different from the one or more simple devices for transfer or receipt of payload data; generate a beacon period including multiple beacon slots, the multiple beacon slots including one or more simplified beacon slots, the one or more simplified beacon slots used by a selected device to transmit a beacon on behalf of the one or more simple devices such that the beacon enables discovery of the one or more simple devices the one or more simple devices comprising sensor devices; and transfer or receive payload data by the one or more simple devices substantially following the beacon period using the RCA period.