Patent ID: 9585137
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method of allocating a channel resource in a wireless network, the method comprising: receiving primitive requesting to transmit a message for requesting the channel resource at a Media Access Control (MAC)/MAC Layer Management Entity (MLME) sublayer of a first device from an upper sublayer of the first device; transmitting the message from the first device to a coordinator, wherein the channel resource is to be used for both transmitting a first message from the first device to a second device and receiving a second message from the second device, and wherein the message for requesting the channel resource includes information about a duration of the channel resource; receiving a response message in response to the message from a MAC/MLME sublayer of the coordinator, transmitting the first message from the first device to the second device during the allocated channel resource; and receiving the second message from the second device during the allocated channel resource, wherein the first device transmits the first message through a High-Rate Physical (HRP) channel.