Patent ID: 9210723
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A transmission control method able to be implemented by a first station participating in a tournament comprising a maximum number of rounds of selecting stations having authorization to transmit a data frame, said first station having at least one data frame to transmit via a wireless telecommunication network, the method comprising: conducting a round (k) of selecting stations, wherein said round (k) comprises: drawing a random binary value (r(k)) representative either of an authorization to transmit or of a prohibition to transmit said data frame; and when said value represents an authorization to transmit: transmitting an information signal into said network, in order to indicate to other stations that said first station has obtained a value representing an authorization to transmit; wherein the transmission of said information signal is carried out at least partly during the transmission of a data frame into said network; and wherein, when said value represents a prohibition to transmit, said first station does not participate in additional selection rounds in said tournament if it detects, by listening to the wireless telecommunication network, that another station has transmitted a signal indicating that said other station wants to transmit a data packet; repeating said round until said maximum number of rounds has been reached; wherein, when said maximum number of rounds has been reached, a station authorized to transmit a data frame transmits a data frame.