Patent ID: 8363629
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for operating an IEEE 802.11 node to participate in a point-to-point wireless communication link: sensing a medium shared with a node constituting an opposite side of said point-to-point wireless communication link to determine if a transmission is detected, one of said nodes configured as a master bridge and the other of said nodes configured as a slave bridge; if a transmission is detected on said shared medium, deferring transmission by a period of time, wherein said period of time for said master bridge is shorter than said period of time for said slave bridge to allow said master bridge to gain control of said shared medium; at a MAC layer processor, receiving data from a higher layer protocol; and transmitting data when in control of said shared medium, wherein transmitting data comprises inserting said data into a packet, said packet not including a duration field.