Patent ID: 9414381
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a wireless communication system comprising: transmitting with a transceiver in a first slave wireless node a first message to a master wireless node during a first predetermined time slot; transmitting with a transceiver in a second slave wireless node a second message to a first intermediate slave wireless node during the first predetermined time slot; transmitting with a transceiver in the first intermediate slave wireless node a third message including the second message to the master wireless node during a second predetermined time slot, the second predetermined time slot being longer than the first predetermined time slot; transmitting with a transceiver in a third slave wireless node a fourth message to a second intermediate slave wireless node during the first predetermined time slot; transmitting with a transceiver in a fourth slave wireless node a fifth message to a third intermediate slave wireless node during the first predetermined time slot; transmitting with a transceiver in the second intermediate slave wireless node a sixth message including the fourth message to the third intermediate slave wireless node during the second predetermined time slot; and transmitting with a transceiver in the third intermediate slave wireless node a seventh message including the sixth message and the fifth message to the master wireless node during third predetermined time slot, the third predetermined time slot being longer than the second predetermined time slot.