Patent ID: 7881340
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a decentralized ad-hoc wireless network including wireless stations, each of the wireless stations including a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with each of the other wireless stations over a common wireless channel, comprising: establishing, through wireless communication between the wireless stations, a common time reference among the wireless stations, which is used by the wireless stations to share access to the common wireless channel, the common time reference having a periodic superframe structure based on a repeating Scheduled Beacon Transmit Time (SBTT) interval, the SBTT interval including granting access, using wireless communication between the wireless stations, to the CPs to at least some of the wireless stations requesting the access to the CPs; and time-scheduling, using wireless communication between the wireless stations, the CFPs to at least some of the wireless stations requesting access to the CFPs.