Patent ID: 7006517
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method used by a device to resolve link frame collision, the method comprising: (i) transmitting a link frame from the device if the device has not transmitted a frame in the last x seconds, where x is a positive real number; (ii) if a frame collision is detected during step (i), the device transmits a link frame at a time interval after the last link frame transmission of the device has ended; (iii) the device repeating step (ii) each time a frame collision is detected until the number of link frame transmission since the occurrence of step (i) equals a specified limit; and (iv) if in performing step (iii) the number of link frame transmission since the occurrence of step (i) equals the specified limit, the device performing steps (i) and (ii) upon allowing a random interval of time to elapse after the last link frame transmission of the device has ended.