Patent ID: 7724767
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A network having a number of nodes admitted thereto, comprising: a first node seeking admission to the network, the first node configured to receive a beacon signal from a second node admitted to the network, the beacon signal including a media access plan that assigns the number of nodes to a number of respective transmission time slots and also specifies at least one time slot reserved for node admission requests; the first node further configured to receive a relayed beacon signal from a proxy node during a transmission time slot assigned to the proxy node, where the relayed beacon signal includes the media access plan and is generated by the proxy node in response to the proxy node receiving the beacon signal; the first node further configured to analyze the media access plan to determine a timeslot reserved for node admission requests and request admission to the network by transmitting an admission request during the timeslot reserved for node admission requests.