Patent ID: 9706575
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A multiple access method to a frequency band of a communication channel of a communication network with carrier sensing and collision avoidance, said frequency band being broken down into a set of sub-bands of the communication channel, the method comprising at a source node: after it has been detected that the communication channel is available, a step of transmitting to a destination node a plurality of messages requesting authorization to send data on the communication channel, each of said messages being sent on a separate sub-band of the same communication channel; after having received a message authorizing the sending of data on the communication channel by the source node, a step of transmitting the data to the destination node over all the sub-bands of the same communication channel; and performing an evaluation of a communication channel load, and depending on a result of said evaluation, a number of messages requesting authorization to send data on the communication channel transmitted by the source node is modified or not after it has been detected that the communication channel is available.