Patent ID: 7394794
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of coordinating the operation of a network, comprising: (a) forming a polling frame to include a traffic identifier (TID) value corresponding to a traffic stream or traffic category and to include a request TID (RTID) value that dictates whether the receiving node is to only transmit data frames corresponding to said TID value or that dictates that the receiving node can transmit data frames regardless of whether such frames correspond to said TID value; (b) transmitting the polling frame from a sending node to a receiving node, the polling frame giving the receiving node an opportunity to transmit its own data frames; (c) decoding the polling frame to recover said TID value and RTID value; and (d) transmitting the data frames by said receiving node in response to the polling frame and the dictates of said RTID.