Patent ID: 9681492
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G16H,H04W

Claim:
1. A coordinator for use together with other network devices in a wireless sensor network, including: transceiver means arranged to receive a request for streaming originated by at least one of the network devices; and scheduling means arranged to grant the request by allocation of network resources to an extent determined by conditions in the network, said conditions including whether the network device which originated the request is a medical device, and whether the network device which originated the request is a medical device in an emergency condition involving a life-threatening medical emergency in respect of a life parameter being sensed by a sensor of the medical device from which the request originated, wherein the scheduling means is arranged to grant the request by scheduling any of the following types of streaming allocation within a contention-free period: wherein priority of a streaming allocation determines the size of a data pipe to or from the network device.