Patent ID: 9014156
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a first device including a hardware processor; the system being configured to perform operations comprising: receiving, at the first device, a packet from a second device; determining a value representing a distance that the packet has travelled in a network prior to reaching the first device; based at least on the value representing the distance that the packet has travelled in the network prior to reaching the first device, generating a particular backoff time for use in requesting channel access for wireless transmission of the packet by the first device; requesting channel access using the particular backoff time that is based at least on the value representing the distance that the packet has travelled in the network prior to reaching the first device; subsequent to obtaining channel access: wirelessly transmitting the packet by the first device; wherein the value representing the distance that the packet has travelled in the network prior to reaching the first device is a number of hops taken by the packet or a number of nodes traversed by the packet, wherein the particular backoff time is inversely proportional to the distance that the packet has travelled in the network prior to reaching the first device.