Patent ID: 9020008
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: independently determining, by a device in a frequency hopping communication network, a local unicast listening schedule for the device, wherein the local unicast listening schedule is maintained on the device; discovering a neighbor unicast listening schedule for each of one or more neighbors of the device in the network, each neighbor unicast listening schedule independently determined by a corresponding neighbor, wherein each neighbor locally maintains its neighbor unicast listening schedule; synchronizing the device to a common broadcast schedule for the network that simultaneously overlays a configured portion of all unicast listening schedules in the network; operating in a receive mode according to the local unicast listening schedule and the common broadcast schedule during the overlaid configured portion; and operating in a transmit mode according to each neighbor unicast listening schedule and the common broadcast schedule during the overlaid configured portion depending upon a destination of transmitted traffic.