Patent ID: 9439218
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A data communications network having time-slotted communication intervals, said time-slotted communication intervals comprising an assigned time-slotted communication interval and a random access time-slotted communication interval, said data communications network comprising: a plurality of network nodes arranged in a self-assigned hierarchy; at least one network node in the plurality of network nodes assigned at least one assigned time slot during a single time-slotted communication interval to transmit and receive network node information, said network node information contained within a data packet, wherein said at least one network node obtains at least one additional assigned time slot automatically by previously appearing and transmitting information in at least one random time slot during a previous random access time-slotted interval which was utilized by said at least one network node without a prior reservation request.