Patent ID: 9693371
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method of wireless communication at a first node, comprising: determining a data frame based on timing synchronization information, wherein the data frame has a signaling block and a plurality of data slots, wherein the signaling block is prior to the plurality of data slots; communicating with a second node in the signaling block to reserve a first data slot of the plurality of data slots during which to transmit or to receive a first packet; and transmitting the first packet to the second node or receiving the first packet from the second node during the first data slot, wherein the plurality of data slots includes M1 prioritized slots and M2 contention slots, M1 and M2 each being an integer, wherein the M1 prioritized slots are allocated for priority based traffic, and wherein the M2 contention slots are allocated for contention based traffic.